Conference Agenda

Session

S2-7: From Perception to Action: Brain-Body Mechanisms of Defensive Responses to Infectious and Stress-Related Threats

Time:

Thursday, 04/June/2026:

2:00pm - 3:30pm

Presentations

From Perception to Action: Brain-Body Mechanisms of Defensive Responses to Infectious and Stress-Related Threats

Chair(s): Maren Born (University of Lausanne, Switzerland), Giorgia Guerra Frey (University of Parma, Italy)

Presentations of the Symposium

Defensive motor dynamics of infectious threats: integrating postural freezing and corticospinal excitability

Maren Born¹, Giorgia Guerra², Beatrice Masa³, Andrea Serino³
¹University of Lausanne, ²University of Parma, Italy, ³University of Lausanne, Switzerland

Type 2 immunity modulates neuroimmune control of social behavior and peripheral sensation

Kama Atretkhany¹, Roderick Plantenga¹, Gabriel Lepousez², Pierre-Marie Lledo², Gérard Eberl³
¹Institut Pasteur, Microenvironment and Immunity Unit, Immunology department; Institut Pasteur, Perception and Action Unit, Neuroscience department, ²Institut Pasteur, Perception and Action Unit, Neuroscience department, ³Institut Pasteur, Microenvironment and Immunity Unit, Immunology department

Stress and brain–body communication: respiratory modulation of heartbeat-evoked potentials

Basak Bayram¹, Francesca Ferri²
¹Department of Neuroscience, Imaging and Clinical Sciences, “G. d’Annunzio” University of Chieti-Pescara, Chieti, ²Department of Neuroscience, Imaging and Clinical Sciences, “G. d’Annunzio” University of Chieti-Pescara, Chieti; Institute for Advanced Biomedical Technologies, ITAB, “G. d’Annunzio” University of Chieti-Pescara, Chieti