Overview
How Stress Shapes the Mind
Wednesday 21 April 2010
Uniformed Services University
The 2010 Conference at the Uniformed Services University will bring together scientists and clinicians working towards solving the biological basis of stress, fear and post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD).
Bruce McEwen PhD - Rockefeller University
"Neural, molecular and genetic factors underlying individual differences in risk for PTSD"
Andrew Holmes PhD - NIH
"Stress-induced dendritic alterations in the medial prefrontal cortex and potential for recovery: interactive effects of circuitry, hormones, and age"
John Morrison PhD - Mt Sinai School of Medicine
"The key to prevent the return of fear memories – extinction or reconsolidation?"
Karim Nader PhD - McGill University
"Heterogeneity of Response to Psychological Trauma: Neuroimaging Perspectives"
Ruth Lanius MD PhD - University of Western Ontario
"PharmacofMRI to Identify New Anxiolytics: A Human Bioassay of Amygdala and Insula Activation"
Murray Stein MD MPH - University of California San Diego
Moderators:
Joel E. Kleinman MD PhD - Senior Investigator - NIH
Section on Neuropathology
Clinical Brain Disorders Branch
Matthew J. Friedman MD PHD
Dartmouth Medical School
National Center for Posttraumatic Stress Disorder
U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs
National Center for Posttraumatic Stress Disorder
U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs
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Center for the Study of Traumatic Stress Uniformed Services University |