NEWS

• Yingliang Dai et al.: Towards an expanded neurocognitive account of ketamine’s rapid antidepressant effects. Read HERE
  
  

• Mustafa Tuncturk et al.: The development of opioid vaccines as a novel strategy for the treatment of opioid use disorder and overdose prevention. Read HERE
  
  

• Rongzhen Sun et al.: Inhibition of PDE4B ameliorates cognitive defects in the model of alcoholic dementia in 3×Tg-AD mice via PDE4B/cAMP/PKA signaling. Read HERE
  
  

We are delighted to announce that the abstracts from the CINP2024 Congress in Tokyo have been published as a Supplement to the International Journal of Neuropsychopharmacology. 

The Tokyo congress received a record number of abstract submissions of excellent quality and we are thrilled to be able to share these with the global audience now. 

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• Michael J. Mueller et al.: Pharmacokinetics and Pharmacodynamics of an Innovative Psychedelic N,N-Dimethyltryptamine/Harmine Formulation in Healthy Participants: A Randomized Controlled Trial. Read HERE
  
  

• Haiting Zhao et al.: Disrupting heroin-associated memory reconsolidation through actin polymerization inhibition in the nucleus accumbens core. Read HERE

• Alessandro Seretti et al.: Anhedonia is associated with a specific depression profile and poor antidepressant response. Read HERE
  
  

• Helen M. Collins: Psychedelics for the Treatment of Obsessive–Compulsive Disorder: Efficacy and Proposed Mechanisms. Read HERE
  
  

• Wei Guan et al.: A novel insight into the antidepressant effect of cannabidiol: possible involvement of the 5-HT1A, CB1, GPR55, and PPARγ receptors. Read HERE

We are delighted to announce the recipients of the CINP Pioneer Award in 2025.

Prof. Siegfried Kasper (Austria)

Prof. Brian Dean (Australia)

The awards will be presented during the Opening ceremony of the CINP-AsCNP 2025 Joint Congress in Melbourne on June 15, 2025. 

• Randall L Morrison et al.: Effect of Esketamine Nasal Spray on Cognition in Patients with Treatment-Resistant Depression: Results from Four Phase-3 Studies. Read HERE
  
  

• Zhang, Fang-fang et al.: Upregulation of Phosphodiesterase 7A Contributes to Concurrent Pain and Depression via Inhibition of cAMP-PKA-CREB-BDNF Signaling and Neuroinflammation in the Hippocampus of Mice. Read HERE
  
  

• Katharina Domschke et al.: Epigenome-Wide DNA Methylation in Unipolar Depression: Predictive Biomarker of Antidepressant Treatment Response? Read HERE
  

CINP President, Kazutaka Ikeda, visited the Philippines from September 24 to 27, delivering two lectures and engaging with leaders in the Philippine neuropsychopharmacology community.

We are delighted that our Philippine colleagues agreed to organize two sessions for the CINP-AsCNP 2025 congress in Melbourne in June 2025. 

This visit underscores CINP's commitment to fostering global collaboration and strengthening ties with national scientific societies.

Read the full report HERE

As part of our mission ‘advancing worldwide neuroscience and education for brain and mental health’, CINP is committed to bringing opportunities for networking and education to all members of our global community.

One of the most important ways in which we can achieve this is by rotating the World Congress to allow scientists and clinicians from all over the world to attend this prestigious event in person and we believe that our members have an important role to play in this process.

We are therefore now seeking applications from CINP members to host CINP2027 – the 38th World Congress of Neuropsychopharmacology.

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We are delighted to present the Editor’s Picks - a new regular series of featured articles from the International Journal of Neuropsychopharmacology.

• Weiss, Emily R.: Metabotropic glutamatergic receptor 5 as a potential biomarker of the intersection of trauma and cannabis use. Read HERE
  
  
• Nicholas E Bulthuis: GluN2B on Adult-Born Granule Cells Modulates (R,S)-Ketamine’s Rapid-Acting Effects in Mice. Read HERE
  
  
• Gang Wang: GluN2A: A Promising Target for Developing Novel Antidepressants. Read HERE
  
  

Watch the recent CINP Webinars online: 

Prof. Geraldine Dawson:

Digital Health Approaches to the Early Detection of Autism

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Precision in Psychopharmacology: Is There Room for Neuroscience-based Nomenclature (NbN) in Clinical Practice?

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Prof. Stefano Pallanti: 
TMS: Basic Principles, Clinical Uses, and Research Principles

Watch here