4^th International Meeting

STEROIDS AND NERVOUS SYSTEM

February 17-21, 2007, Villa Gualino, TORINO, Italy

Satellite Symposia

SELECTIVE ESTROGEN RECEPTORS MODULATORS AND THE BRAIN (Organizers: G.C. Panzica, B. Marchetti). Speakers: Brinton RD, DiPaolo T, Garcia-Segura L.M., Frye C., Marchetti B., Tena-Sempere M.

NEW PERSPECTIVES IN THE DOSAGE OF NEUROACTIVE STEROIDS (Organizers: Melcangi R.C. and Mensah-Nyagan A.G.) Speakers: Schumacher M., Griffiths WJ, Higashi T, Caruso D, Uzunov V, Romeo E

MAIN LECTURES

• HERBISON AE (NEW ZEALAND) - MULTIPLE MECHANISMS OF ESTROGEN ACTION UPON GnRH NEURONS

• MELLON SH (USA) - NEUROSTEROIDS IN HEALTH AND DISEASE

• SWAAB D (NETHERLANDS) - THE STRESS SYSTEM IN THE HUMAN BRAIN IN DEPRESSION AND NEURODEGENERATION.

SYMPOSIUM: EFFECTS MEDIATED BY CLASSICAL STEROID RECEPTORS

• MORRISON JH (USA) - ESTROGEN AND SYNAPTIC PLASTICITY IN CEREBRAL CORTEX: IMPLICATIONS FOR COGNITIVE AGING

• SMITH J (AUSTRALIA) - STEROID REGULATION OF KISSPEPTIN-GPR54 SIGNALLING IN THE BRAIN

• BASS AH (USA) - STEROID-DEPENDENT MODULATION OF VOCAL MOTOR SYSTEMS

• LEVINE JE (USA) - NOVEL ROLES FOR NEURONAL PROGESTERONE RECEPTORS

• HANDA RJ (USA) - ESTROGEN RECEPTOR BETA IN THE BRAIN: FROM FORM TO FUNCTION

SYMPOSIUM: NEUROACTIVE STEROIDS AND NEUROGENESIS

• GALEA L (CANADA) - GONADAL HORMONE REGULATION OF ADULT HIPPOCAMPAL NEUROGENESIS

• WANG Z (USA) - ESTROGEN, AMYGDALA, AND ADULT NEUROGENESIS

• BRINTON RD (USA) - ALLOPREGNANOLONE REGULATION OF PROLIFERATION OF HUMAN NEURAL STEM CELLS AND NEUROGENESIS IN TRIPLE TRANSGENIC ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE MICE

• ABROUS N (FRANCE) - NEUROGENESIS AND AGE-RELATED-COGNITIVE FUNCTIONS: IMPLICATION OF STEROIDS

• HERBERT J (UK) - CONTROL OF NEUROGENESIS IN THE ADULT HIPPOCAMPUS BY CORTICOIDS AND SEROTONIN

SYMPOSIUM: NEUROPROTECTIVE EFFECTS

• SIMPKINS JW (USA) - MITOCHONDRIAL MECHANISMS OF ESTROGEN NEUROPROTECTION

• PIKE CJ (USA) - ANDROGENS, NEUROPROTECTION, AND ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE

• STEIN DG (USA) - PROGESTERONE IN THE TREATMENT OF TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY AND STROKE: FROM THE LABORATORY BENCH TO THE PATIENT'S BEDSIDE

• MENSAH-NYAGAN AG (FRANCE) - NEUROSTEROIDS AND NOCICEPTIVE SENSITIVITY IN NEUROPATHIC RATS

• MELCANGI RC (ITALY) - NEUROACTIVE STEROIDS AND PERIPHERAL NEUROPATHY

MINI SYMPOSIUM: XENOESTROGENS AND BRAIN CIRCUITRIES

• OTTINGER MA (USA) - NEUROENDOCRINE AND BEHAVIORAL CONSEQUENCES OF EMBRYONIC EXPOSURE TO ENDOCRINE DISRUPTING CHEMICALS

• PATISAUL HB (USA) - INFLUENCE OF ENDOCRINE ACTIVE COMPOUNDS IN THE DEVELOPING BRAIN

• MAGGI A (ITALY) - IN VIVO ANALYSIS OF XENOESTROGENS IN ERE-LUC REPORTER MICE

• KAWATO S (JAPAN) - RAPID ACTION OF ENDOCRINE DISTRUPTERS IN THE HIPPOCAMPUS: A NEUROSTEROID VIEWPOINT

SIMPOSIUM: CORTICOSTEROID EFFECTS AND STRESS

• SOUSA N (PORTUGAL) - CORTICOSTEROID RECEPTORS AND NEUROPLASTICITY

• PRYCE CR (SWITZERLAND) - POSTNATAL ONTOGENY OF HIPPOCAMPAL EXPRESSION OF THE MINERALOCORTICOID AND GLUCOCORTICOID RECEPTORS IN THE COMMON MARMOSET MONKEY

• GASS P (GERMANY) - MICE WITH GENETICALLY ALTERED GLUCOCORTICOID RECEPTOR EXPRESSION SHOW ALTERED SENSITIVITY FOR STRESS-INDUCED DEPRESSIVE REACTIONS

• MATTHEWS SG (CANADA) - MATERNAL ADVERSITY, GLUCOCORTICOIDS AND PROGRAMMING OF NEUROENDOCRINE FUNCTION AND BEHAVIOUR.

• DARNAUDERY M (FRANCE) - LONG LASTING EFFECTS OF STRESS DURING PREGNANCY ON HPA FUNCTION AND BEHAVIOUR IN MOTHER AND OFFSPRING RATS

SIMPOSIUM: EFFECTS MEDIATED BY MEMBRANE RECEPTORS

• MICEVYCH P (USA) - GENOMIC AND NON-GENOMIC ESTROGEN SIGNALING STIMULATES SYNTHESIS OF NEUROSTEROIDS.

• BELCHER SM (USA) - INTEGRATED SIGNALING MECHANISMS OF ESTROGEN IN DEVELOPING NEURONS AND NEUROECTODERMAL DERIVED TUMORS

• GUENNOUN R (FRANCE) - THE MEMBRANE-ASSOCIATED PROGESTERONE-BINDING PROTEIN 25-DX: EXPRESSION, CELLULAR LOCALISATION AND UP-REGULATION AFTER BRAIN AND SPINAL CORD INJURIES

• VALENZUELA CF (USA) - MODULATION OF GLUTAMATERGIC SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION BY

• NEUROSTEROIDS

• BIGGIO G (ITALY) - NEUROSTEROID RESPONSES AND GABAA RECEPTOR PLASTICITY DURING CHRONIC STRESS

Round table I

Steroid hormones and Sexually dimorphic brain circuits a round table chaired by A. Guillamon.

Round table II

Steroids and peripheral benzodiazepine receptor a round table chaired by V. Papadopoulos.