VII CONFERENCE

HORMONES, BRAIN AND BEHAVIOR

TORINO – February 13th - Dept. Anatomy, Pharmacology and Forensic Medicine

Organizers G.J. De Vries (USA), J. Balthazart (Belgium), G.C. Panzica (Italy)

The conference is organized to celebrate 50 years of researches on the interactions among gonadal hormones and brain circuitries.

Margaret M. McCarthy (University of Maryland School of Medicine,USA) New Tricks for an Old Dogma: How Estradiol Mediates Masculinization and Defeminization of Sexual Behavior

Julie Bakker (University of Liege, Belgium): Role of Estrogens in the Sexual Differentiation of the Brain

Emilie F. Rissman (University of Virginia, USA): Sex Chromosomes etc.: New Players for Sexual Differentiation.

Greg Ball (Johns Hopkins University, USA): New Views of Neuroplasticity and Sex Differences in the Songbird Brain

Geert J. de Vries (University of Massachusetts, USA): A Second Look at the Function of Sexual Differentiation of the Brain

Paola Palanza (University of Parma, ITALY): Sex differences in social and emotional behavior in mice: How, Why and When

Nancy G. Forger (University of Massachusetts, USA): Naked Mole-rats: Who needs Sex Differences?

Dick F. Swaab (Netherlands Institute for Neuroscience, NL) Sexual differentiation of the human brain in relation to gender identity and sexual orientation

Jazz Concert: A tribute to Duke Ellington

Jazz Group of the Musical Association of the University Students in Piedmont