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Stress and the Brain : Developmental, Neurobiological, and Clinical Implications



Agenda

8:45-8:55Welcoming Remarks
Raynard S. Kington, M.D., Ph.D.
Deputy Director, National Institutes of Health
8:55-9:05Introduction
Glen R. Hanson, Ph.D., D.D.S.
Acting Director, National Institute on Drug Abuse
9:05-9:40Imaging the Addicted Brain: Predisposition or Environment
Nora D. Volkow, M.D.
Director Designee, National Institute on Drug Abuse
9:40-10:15How 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
10:15-10:50Bi-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
11:10 -11:45How 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 -12:20The Relationship Between Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder and Substance Abuse
Kathleen T. Brady, M.D., Ph.D.
Professor of Psychiatry, Medical University of South Carolina

Color graphic of brain regions with Stress & the Brain text

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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