Topics:

• Stress, fear, anxiety, depression
• neurogenetics of stress
• neuromediators and transporters
• neurosteriods in the CNS
• neurochemistry and neurophysiology of stress
• neuropsychopharmacology and neuroendocrinology
• experimental models of behavior
• stress, memory and learning
• psychophysiology and neuropsychology
• psychoneuroimmunology
• general psychiatry
• neuroethology and human ethology
• other brain/behavioral disorders
• gene x environment interactions
• translational research in biological psychiatry
• biomarkers of stress

Confirmed Invited Speakers:

• Dr. J. Fentress (Eugene, OR)
• Dr. Z. Zukowska (Minneapolis, MN)
• Dr. K. Sufka (Oxford, MS)
• Dr. J. Warnick (Russelville, AR)
• Dr. S. Nakamura (Tokyo, Japan)
• Dr. M. Koshiba (Tokyo, Japan)
• Dr. A. Kalueff (New Orleans, LA)
• Dr. Y. Kyrylenko (Bremen, Germany)

Organizing Committee:

• Chair of the Conference: Prof. Allan V. Kalueff, PhD, PhD, (New Orleans LA, USA), ISBS and USBP President
• Conference Secretary General: Natalie A. Zinevych, PE, (New Orleans, LA, USA), ISBS and USBP Secretary General

Call for Symposia

• Please sumbit a 1-page symposium proposals to Conferene Secretariat by email
• Please indicate "Symposium Proposals" as a subject of your message
• Deadline for symposium proposals: March 31, 2011
• Notifications will be sent to proposing scientists by April 15, 2011.