UCI Center for the Study of Cannabis

Cannabis in a Changing Brain

AGENDA

Session 1

8:00 – 8:10 AMDaniele Piomelli PhD
Welcome and introduction
8:10 – 8:40 AMTibor Harkany PhD
“Physiological rules of endocannabinoid action during fetal and neonatal brain development”
 8:40 – 8:50 AMQ&A
8:50 – 9:05 AM       Daniela Parolaro PhD
“Adolescent Brain Sensitivity to Cannabis Adverse Effect” (Part 1)
9:05 – 9:20 AMTiziana Rubino PhD   
“Adolescent Brain Sensitivity to Cannabis Adverse Effect” (Part 2)
9:20 – 9:30 AMQ&A

Session 2

9:30 – 9:35 AMChristine Gall PhD
Session Introduction

Short Talks from ICAL

9:35 – 9:45 AMAlexa Torrens
“The Pharmacokinetics of THC is age and sex dependent”
9:45 – 9:55 AMStephen Mahler PhD
“The First High: Characterizing THC Effects in Adolescent Male & Female Rats”
9:55 – 10:05 AMLin Lin PhD
 “Adolescent THC exposure permanently reprograms energy metabolism”
10:05 – 10:15 AMGary Lynch PhD
“Adolescent THC causes sex and species specific changes in synaptic physiology”
10:15 – 10:25 AMChristie Fowler PhD
 “THC-Mediated Changes in Circulating Extracellular Vesicles During Adolescence”
10:25 – 10:35 AMQ&A

Session 3

10:35 – 11:35 AM
“The Challenge of Cannabis Use in Adolescence”		ROUND TABLE
Introduction:     
Moderator:       

Panelists:    
 
Susan Weiss, PhD
Daniele Piomelli, PhD

Ziva Cooper PhD
Matt Hill PhD
Sachin Patel PhD

Session 4

11:40-12:10 PM Andreas Zimmer PhD
“Cannabis: Bad for the young
and good for the old?”
12:10 – 12:20 PMQ&A
12:20 – 12:30 PMMarcelo Wood PhD
Closing Remarks
12:30 PMAdjourn
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ICAL Funded in Part by:
National Institute on Drug Abuse

Symposium Co-Sponsored By:

Impact of Cannabinoids Across the Lifespan (ICAL)
Cannabis and Cannabinoid Research