(Due to heavy rain happening in Querétaro and to keep everyone safe, the Inauguration day and venue was changed).
Centro Académico Cultural (CAC) UNAM campus Juriquilla
08:00 – 09:00
Registration
09:00 – 09:15
Welcome and Opening Remarks
Eduardo A. Garza Villarreal, PhD
09:15 – 10:15
Drug-Induced Neural Plasticity: What’s the State of the Field in 2025?
10:15 – 11:15
The pharmacological interaction of clinically used drugs can result in “liking” and addictive potential
Jorge Juárez, PhD
Biography
11:15 – 11:45
Coffee Break
11:45 – 12:45
The cannabinergic system and the control of movement
Pavel Rueda Orozco, PhD
Biography
12:45 – 13:45
How to Use fMRI in the Daily Practice of Addiction Treatment
13:45 – 16:00
Lunch
16:00 – 17:00
Workshop: Scientific Article Writing
Silvia L. Cruz, PhD
17:00 – 19:00
Poster Session I
19:00 – 22:00
Inauguration
09:00 – 10:00
The mesolimbic system: a common brain pathway for drug and sexual reward
Ana Canseco, PhD
Biography
10:00 – 11:00
What we can learn from preclinical models of addiction: from neuroimaging markers to neuromodulation-based interventions
Yihong Yang, PhD
Biography
11:00 – 12:00
Coffee Break
12:00 – 13:00
Developmental origins of addiction: prenatal stress increases vulnerability to morphine self-administration in a sex-dependent manner
Luis Trujillo Villarreal
Biography
13:00 – 14:00
Oral Sessions
14:00 – 16:00
Lunch
16:00 – 17:00
Opioids at the northern border of Mexico
Silvia L. Cruz, PhD
Biography
17:00 – 19:00
Poster Session II
09:00 – 10:00
The New Frontier of TMS for Addiction Medicine: Science, Solutions, and Future Innovations
Colleen Hanlon, PhD
Biography
10:00 – 11:30
Roundtable: Cultural Differences in Addiction
Participants:
Amy Janes, Colleen Hanlon, Ana Canseco, Luis Trujillo-Villarreal, Pavel Rueda-Orozco, Yihong Yang and Silvia Cruz.
Moderator: Eduardo A. Garza-Villarreal
11:30 – 12:00
Coffee Break
12:00 – 13:00
Neuroimaging insights into substance use: A focus on nicotine dependence
Amy Janes, PhD
Biography
13:00 – 15:00
Awards and Closing Ceremony