OXYTOCIN THE NEW LOVE POTION?

OXYTOCIN THE NEW LOVE POTION?

ITS TRUE ROLE AS A HORMONE AND NEUROMODULATOR AND CLINICAL USE

>>> Tuesday, February 13TH

09.00 - 09.30 Registration – Coffee

09.30 - 09.40 Welcome - P. PÉVET and M.J. FREUND-MERCIER

FIRST SESSION   CHAIRMAN: P. VEINANTE (STRASBOURG, FRANCE)

09.40 -10.20 R. M. BUIJS (Mexico, Mexico) « Introduction: Oxytocin from hormone to neurotransmitter »

10.20 - 11.00 L.J. YOUNG (Atlanta, USA) « Oxytocin, social bonding and empathy in prairie voles »

11.00 - 11.30 Coffee break

11.30 - 12.10  R. FELDMAN (Ramat-Gan, Israel) « Oxytocin and the neurobiology of human attachments »

12.10 - 12.50  M. HEINRICHS (Freiburg, Germany) « Social Neuropeptides in the Human Brain:  translational perspectives for psychobiological therapy » 

12.50 - 13.50 Lunch break

SECOND SESSION   CHAIRMAN: A. CHARLET (STRASBOURG, FRANCE)

13.50 - 14.30 A. LEFEVRE (Heidelberg, Germany) « Oxytocin functioning in the primate's brain »

14.30 - 15.10 C. SCHROEDER (Strasbourg, France) « Autism: the role of oxytocin in pathophysiology and treatment»

15.10 - 15.40 Coffee break

15.40 - 16.20 O. ANDREASSEN (Oslo, Norway) « Oxytocin therapeutics for psychiatric disorders:  applications and mechanisms »

16.20 - 17.00 M. LUDWIG (Edinburg, United Kingdom) « Does intranasal oxytocin acts on the brain?»

18.30 - 19.45 PUBLIC CONFERENCE   M.J. FREUND-MERCIER (Strasbourg, France) « L’ocytocine : une histoire d’amour ! » PRESENTATION P. PÉVET (Strasbourg, France).

Elle se déroulera au Cinéma Odyssée, 3 Rue des Francs Bourgeois, Strasbourg.

Cette conférence s'inscrit dans le cadre de :

>>> Wednesday, February 14TH

THIRD SESSION   CHAIRMAN: R. SCHLICHTER (STRASBOURG, FRANCE)

09.00 - 09.40 P. POISBEAU (Strasbourg, France) « Oxytocin: a multifunctional analgesic »

09.40 - 10.20 K. UVNAS-MOBERG (Skara, Sweden) « Oxytocin and sensory stimulation »

10.20 - 10.50 Coffee break

10.50 - 11.30  R. STOOP (Lausanne, Switzerland) « Modulatory effect of oxytocin »

11.30 - 12.10  G. LENG (Edinburgh, United Kingdom)  « Oxytocin: the sweet hormone?

Organizers: P. PÉVET (Strasbourg, France) & M.J. FREUND-MERCIER (Strasbourg, France)

Date: February 13-14, 2018.

Venue: Collège Doctoral Européen, 46 Boulevard de la victoire, F-67000 Strasbourg.

Neurex gets a partnership with the

Hotel HILTON STRASBOURG

(1 Avenue Herrenschmidt – 67000 STRASBOURG – France).

Please find HERE the preferred rate and the direct booking possibilities and THERE the description of the hotel.

Registration Deadline: February 7th, 2018

Neurex workshops are part of the cycle B5 of the University of Basel. They allow students to gain Credit Points from attending workshops/meetings.

This specific workshop will give rise to the attribution of 1 CP.

Important: Full rules & how to proceed available here.