It is our pleasure to inform that the International Conference of Pharmacology-The 3rd Mainland, Hongkong and Singapore Meeting of Pharmacology will be held in September 24^th-27^th, 2009 in Shenyang, China. This conference is co-organized by Chinese Pharmacological Society and Liaoning Pharmaceutical Society, and is undertaken by Shenyang Pharmaceutical University and China Medical University. Pharmacologists from Japan, Hong Kong, Singapore, and mainland of China as well as scholars who are dealing with the development and use of drugs will meet to introduce what the current situation is and what development tendency would be in pharmacology, and to discuss how we can work together to make our work better.

Organizing Committee

Chairman

Prof. Guanhua Du (President of Chinese Pharmacological Society)

Prof. Chunfu Wu (President of Liaoning Pharmacological Society, president of Shenyang Pharmaceutical University)

Prof. Toshitaka Nabeshima (Meijo University, Japan)

Prof. Cho Chi Hin (The Chinese University of Hong Kong)

Prof. Peter T.-H. Wong (National University of Singapore)

Executive chairman

Prof. Jingyu Yang (Shenyang Pharmaceutical University)

Prof. Minjie Wei (China Medical University)

Prof. Libo Zou (Shenyang Pharmaceutical University)

Secretary

Fang Wang (Shenyang Pharmaceutical University)

Minli Sun (China Medical University)

Xuefei Ji (Shenyang Pharmaceutical University)

Arrangement

Time Management

September 24^th, 2010: Registration

September 25^th, 2010: Opening ceremony and plenary lecture

September 26^th, 2010: Section programme reports in the morning

September 27^th, 2010: City tour

Reports by youth research worker in the afternoon

Congress Venue

Haiyue City Plaza Hotel

Address: 83, Zhongshan Road, Heping District, Shenyang, Liaoning Province, China, 110001. Tel: 024-62501888

Registration Fee

￥900.00 (RMB)/person

(For research students, evidenced by student ID card: ￥450.00 (RMB)/person)

Research Fields

Research fields of neuropsychopharmacology, tumor Pharmacology, cardiocerebral vascular pharmacology, pharmacokinetics, clinical pharmacology, immunopharmacology, and pharmacology of antibiotics would be involved in the conference.

Guidelines

The official language of the congress is English. All the manuscripts should be submitted in English, and there will be plenary lectures, section programme reports, reports by youth research worker, and poster sessions in the conference. Full-text article is expected, otherwise, please submit by the form of abstract.

Format of Abstract

The abstract, with no more than 500 words, should comprise the title, purpose, methods, results, and conclusion, and should be wrote in a “Microsoft Office Word” file in 12 point Times New Roman font, single spaced, with A4 size. (Please see the paradigm attached)

Format of Poster

The size at your disposal on the poster board is: 90 cm (width) × 120 cm (height)

Awards for Youth Research worker

Younth research workers, with their ages under 35 years old, are expected to submit research papers and taka a presentation at the assigned session, in which excellent ones would be discussed and elected. For those who want to participate this award election, please mark in your invitation request form, and send us together with a copy of your ID card.

Submission Deadline

Please submit your manuscript to zhongyaoyaoli@gmail.com by Aug 20^th, 2010.

Accommodation

You are welcomed with designated board and lodging at your own charge. Please select from the following hotels:

InterContinental Shenyang: Five-star hotel, Standard room (with single bed or double beds). Prize:￥520 (RMB)/day. One-person breakfast including.

208, North Nanjing Street, Heping district, Shenyang, China. Tel: 024-23341999

Holiday Inn City Centre Shenyang: Four-star hotel, Standard room (with single bed or double beds). Prize:￥400 (RMB)/day. One-person breakfast including.

204, North Nanjing Street, Heping district, Shenyang, China. Tel: 024-23341888

Haiyue City Plaza Hotel: Quasi-four-star hotel, Standard room (with single bed or double beds). Prize:￥248 (RMB)/day. Two-persons breakfast including.

83, Zhongshan Road, Heping District, Shenyang, Liaoning Province, China. Tel: 024-62501888

Invitation Request Form

Pleas fill in the following form and send it to Jixuefei2001@163.com by Aug 20^th, 2010.

Invitation request form for the International Conference of Pharmacology-The 3rd Mainland, Taiwan and Hongkong Symposium of Pharmacology

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Contact us by:

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Abstract Paradigm

Effects of oxytocin on methamphetamine-induced conditioned place preference and the possible role of glutamatergic neurotransmission in the medial prefrontal cortex of mice in reinstatement.

Jia Qia, Jing-Yu Yanga, Fang Wanga, Ya-Nan Zhaoa, Ming Songb and Chun-Fu Wua,*,

aDepartment of Pharmacology, Life Science and Biopharmaceutics School, Shenyang Pharmaceutical University, Shenyang 110016, China bLiaoning Institute of Crime Detectives, Shenyang 110032, China

Aim: To investigate the effects of oxytocin (OT), a neurohypophyseal neuropeptide, on the conditioned place preference (CPP) induced by methamphetamine (MAP) in mice and the possible role of glutamatergic neurotransmission in the reinstatement of CPP. Methods: CPP model was established by MAP administration (2.0 mg/kg, i.p.). Extracellular glutamate (Glu) levels in the medial prefrontal cortex (mPFC) were determined using microdialysis coupled to a high-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) with a fluorescence detection system. Results: The results showed that OT (0.1, 0.5, 2.5 μg, i.c.v.) significantly inhibited the acquisition and facilitated the extinction of MAP-induced CPP and abolished the reinstatement of CPP induced by restraint stress. This effect of OT could be attenuated by atosiban (Ato, 2.0 μg, i.c.v.), a selective OT-receptor antagonist. OT failed to block the expression and the reinstatement of CPP induced by MAP challenge. Furthermore, OT markedly inhibited Glu levels induced by restraint stress in CPP mice, but not those induced by MAP priming. Ato also attenuated the effects of OT on the changes in Glu levels. Conclusion: These findings suggest that OT inhibits drug reward-related behaviors induced by MAP via the OT receptor, and OT blocks the reinstatement of CPP, at least partially, by interfering with the glutamatergic system in the mPFC. Keywords: Methamphetamine; Oxytocin; Conditioned place preference; Microdialysis; Glutamate; Medial prefrontal cortex * Corresponding author, chunfuw@gmail.com Chinese Pharmacological Society Liaoning Pharmaceutical Society

July, 2010