.: Frontiers in Stress and Cognition: From Molecules to Behavior

September 23rd to 26th 2012 - Ascona (Switzerland)

Stress has a major impact on cognition and on neuropsychiatric disorders related to disturbed cognitive functions, such as depression, posttraumatic stress disorder and Alzheimer's disease.

This Conference will gather together international leaders in behavioral, cellular, molecular and imaging studies of stress and cognition in animals, healthy humans, and clinical populations.

	Confirmed Speakers Andreas Lüthi, CH Jeansok Kim, USA Benno Roozendaal, NL Jelena Radulovic, USA Bruce McEwen, USA Jim McGaugh, USA Carmen Sandi, CH Joe LeDoux, USA Craig Powell, USA Lynn Nadel, USA Cristina Alberini, USA Marian Joëls, NL Dominique de Quervain, CH Melly Oitzl, NL Eric Klann, USA Pierre Magistretti, CH Eric Nestler, USA Regina Sullivan, USA Gal Richter-Levin, IL Ron de Kloet, NL Guillen Fernandez, NL Sumantra Chattarji, IN Isabelle Mansuy, CH Tallie Z. Baram, USA

Topics include:

• Stress and development
• Stress and cognitive functions
• Stress, the social brain and society
• Stress and neuropsychiatric disorders
• Novel therapeutic developments

Organizer:
Carmen Sandi, Brain Mind Institute, EPFL, Switzerland
Cristina Alberini, New York University, USA
Dominique de Quervain, University of Basel, Switzerland
Eric Klann, New York University, USA

Early registration March 15th Late registration August 31st Places will be given on the first-come, first-served basis.

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