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DESCRIPTION:The Brain Repair and Integrative Neuroscience Program of the RI
 -MUHC is pleased to announce their next presentation:\n\n'The central sero
 tonin2B receptor & dopamine ascending pathways: new opportunities for trea
 ting schizophrenia' \n\nBy Dr. Umberto Spampinato (University of Bordeaux)
 \n\nVia Zoom – Registration is free\, but mandatory Register Here\n\nDr. U
 mberto Spampinato Biosketch \n\nDr Spampinato is currently Professor of Ne
 uropharmacology at the University of Bordeaux\, in France where he heads t
 he “Neuropharmacology and Functional Neurochemistry” Research Group\, in t
 he INSERM Unit 1215\, and is also associate consultant in the Neurology De
 partment for Parkinson's disease and movement disorders\, and in the Genet
 ic Department for Huntington’s disease. His academic education was paralle
 led by extensive preclinical and clinical research training\, which starte
 d in 1974 in Italy\, and continued in different well-renowned neurochemist
 ry and neuropharmacology laboratories and neurology departments in Italy a
 nd France until his own research group was established in the University o
 f Bordeaux 2 in 1991. Throughout his career\, Dr Spampinato's research has
  focused on the functional role of serotonin in the basal ganglia\, with p
 articular attention to the serotonin-dopamine interaction and its relevanc
 e for the mechanisms of action of psychotropic drugs\, the neurobiological
  bases of extrapyramidal disorders and drug addiction. He is also actively
  involved in clinical studies on Parkinson's disease\, Huntington’s diseas
 e and participates in the evaluation of new pharmacological treatments for
  these disorders. Dr Spampinato has published numerous scientific articles
  and book chapters and he regularly serves as a reviewer for numerous scie
 ntific journals.\n
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SUMMARY:Brain Seminar Series: 'The central serotonin2B receptor & dopamine 
 ascending pathways: new opportunities for treating schizophrenia' 
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