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Agenda
8:45-8:55 | Welcoming Remarks
Raynard S. Kington, M.D., Ph.D.
Deputy Director, National Institutes of Health |
8:55-9:05 | Introduction
Glen R. Hanson, Ph.D., D.D.S.
Acting Director, National Institute on Drug Abuse |
9:05-9:40 | Imaging the Addicted Brain: Predisposition or Environment
Nora D. Volkow, M.D.
Director Designee, National Institute on Drug Abuse |
9:40-10:15 | How Gene-Environment Interactions Can Shape Biobehavioral Development in Rhesus Monkeys
Stephen J. Suomi, Ph.D.
Chief, Laboratory of Comparative Ethology, National Institute of Child Health and Human Development |
10:15-10:50 | Bi-directional Communication Between the Brain and the Immune System: Implications of Immune-to-Brain Signaling for Understanding Stress, Mood, and Cognition
Steven F. Maier, Ph.D.
Distinguished Professor, Director of the Center for Neuroscience, University of Colorado |
10:50 -11:05 | Break
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11:10 -11:45 | How Our Brains Become and Stay Who We Are
Joseph E. LeDoux, Ph.D.
Henry and Lucy Moses Professor of Science; Professor of Neural Science and Psychology, New York University |
11:45 -12:20 | The Relationship Between Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder and Substance Abuse
Kathleen T. Brady, M.D., Ph.D.
Professor of Psychiatry, Medical University of South Carolina |
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March 12, 2003 - Natcher Auditorium, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland
Sponsored by the following institutes of the National Institutes of Health:
- National Institute on Drug Abuse
- National Institute on Aging
- National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism
- National Institute of Child Health and Human Development
- National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders
- National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research
- National Institute of Mental Health
- National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke
- National Institute of Nursing Research
- National Eye Institute
- National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute
- National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine
Also in partnership with the Dana Alliance for Brain Initiatives' Partners in Education Program.
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