16th ECNP Congress

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Announcement

16 th ECNP Congress S e p t e m b e r 20 - 24, 2003, Prague - C z e c h Republic The 16th ECNP Congress will take place in Prague, Czech Republic. The venue of the congress will be the Prague Congress Centre (PCC). The format of the congress will include plenary sessions, symposia, poster presentations, workshops and expert meetings. The symposia are organised in a track format: one track on evidence-based treatment (treatment track, ct), one related to clinical research issues (clinical research track, cr); one track which endeavours to link preclinical and clinical research (interface track, pc) and one on preclinical research (preclinical track, p). In addition to the symposia tracks there will be a track with educational sessions (educational track).

Topics Schizophrenia Impact of genomics (pc) Environmental and genetic risk factors (pc) Dynamics of brain pathology (pc) New treatment strategies (ct)

Depression Neuronal plasticity (pc) in bipolar disorder (cr) In somatic disorders (cr) Across lifespan (cr) New treatment strategies (ct)

Anxiety disorders Drugs with new mechanisms of action (ct) Neurotransmitter systems (pc) Neurobiology of traits (pc) Stress vulnerability (pc)

Addiction Neurobiology (p) Emerging treatment options (ct)

Dementia Alzheimer disease: New insights into the pathophysiology (p) Diversity of treatment options (ct)

Basic science Animal models of psychiatric diseases (p) Clock biology (p) Metabotropic glutamate receptors (p) Alpha7 nicotinic receptor (p) Amygdala and emotion (p) Genomics: promises and pitfalls (p) Neurobiology of learning and memory (p) For further information: Organising secretariat: Congrex Holland BV P.O. Box 302 1000 AH Amsterdam The Netherlands phone: + 3 1 2 0 5 0 4 0 2 0 7 fax: + 31 20 50 40 225 e-mail: [email protected]

Scientific secretariat: ECNP-Office P.O. Box 85410 3508 AK Utrecht The Netherlands phone: +31 30 253 8567 fax: +31 30 253 8568 e-mail: [email protected] website: http://www.ecnp.nl

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