This will be the fourth international conference in this series, following on from the:
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Day 1 - Wednesday 1st September 2010
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3.30 -
5.30 pm |
Registration opens
Informatics Forum, 10 Crichton Street (north-east corner of George Square)
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| 6 - 8 pm |
Welcome Reception
The Royal Society (22-26 George Street, at junction with Hanover Street). Introduction by Jonathan Seckl; Special Guest: Dr Harry Burns (Chief Medical Officer for Scotland). |
| Day 2 – Thursday 2nd September 2010 |
| 8.45 am |
Welcome
John Russell/Alison Douglas, University of Edinburgh |
| 9.00 am |
Plenary I
Chair: Megan Holmes (University of Edinburgh)
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Co-adaptive Development of Brain and Placenta
Barry Keverne (University of Cambridge, UK
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| 10.00 am |
Coffee/tea |
| 10.30 am |
Poster data blitz I - 4 min talks per poster
Chairs: Oliver Bosch (University of Regensburg, Germany) and Cheryl Frye (SUNY Albany, USA)
Microarray reveals robust induction of amylin in the maternal preoptic area
A. Dobolyi et al (Semmelweis University and the Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Hungary)
Influence of oxytocin or epidural analgesia during labor on personality profile in breastfeeding women: a comparative study
W. Jonas et al (Karolinska Institute, Sweden)
Differential roles for GABAA receptor binding sites in postpartum rats’ anxiety behavior
S.M. Miller et al (Michigan State University, USA)
Brain weight is correlated with DNA methylation at IGF2
R.E. Pidsley et al (Kings College London, UK)
Microinjection of noradrenergic agents into the ventral bed nucleus of the stria terminalis alters anxiety and maternal behaviors in female rats
C.D. Smith et al (Michigan State University, USA)
Histone acetylation promotes maternal responsiveness in nulliparous female mice
D.S. Stolzenberg et al (University of Virginia, USA)
Hormonal influence is needed to allow the display of an appropriate maternal behaviour to newborn pups in late lactation
N. Uriarte et al (Universidad de la República, Uruguay)
Skin-to-skin contact and parent-infant vocal interaction after cesarean section: Onset of the first vocal communication
M. Velandia et al (Karolinska Institute, Sweden)
Transition to reproductive senescence influences social behavior, cognitive performance and anxiety
A.A. Walf et al (The University at Albany-SUNY, USA)
Hormones of maternal nurture secretin and oxytocin and their possible actions on stress reactivity in infant gut and in brain: implications for developmental disorders
M.G. Welch et al (Columbia University, USA)
Secretion of the non-dominant glucocorticoid by the term fetus in response to stress
K.E. Wynne-Edwards et al (University of Calgary, Canada)
Is the precocious expression of fear behaviour in rat pups related to a memory process?
M.J. Zuluaga et al (Universidad de la República, Uruguay)
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| 11.30 am |
Posters I - manned |
| 1.00 pm |
Lunch |
| 2.00 pm |
Symposium I: Maternal adaptations in pregnancy and lactation
A. Pregnancy
Chairs: Luz Torner (IMSS, Mexico) and David Slattery (University of Regensburg, Germany) |
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2.00 |
Changes in spatial memory, anxiety and monoamines during and after pregnancy
Abbe Macbeth (NIMH Bethesda, USA)
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| 2.25 |
The role of pregnane neurosteroid formation in reproductive endocrine function and pregnancy
Cheryl Frye (SUNY Albany, USA) |
| 2.50 |
Suppressed responses to anorectic hormones and neuropeptides during pregnancy
Sharon Ladyman (University of Otago, New Zealand) |
| 3.15 pm |
Oral Communications I
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3.15 |
Facilitation of Predation in the Pregnant and Maternal Rat: Paradoxical Behavioral Enhancements in the Increasingly Ungainly Female
C Kinsley (University of Richmond, USA)
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| 3.30 |
Hypothalamic mechanisms mediating inhibition of prolactin secretion following stress in early pregnancy
VJ Parker (University of Edinburgh, UK) |
| 3.45 pm |
Coffee/tea |
| 4.15 pm |
Symposium I: Maternal adaptations in pregnancy and lactation
B. Lactation
Chairs: Cathy Dwyer (Scottish Agricultural College, UK) and Karen Bales (University of California at Davis, USA) |
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4.15 |
Neuroprotective Effects of Lactation Against Excitotoxicity in the Hippocampus of the Rat
Teresa Morales (UNAM, Mexico)
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| 4.40 |
Lactation-induced inhibition of Kisspeptin and Neurokinin B in the hypothalamus: Role of leptin and insulin
M Susan Smith (Oregon National Primate Research Center, USA) |
| 5.05 |
Oxytocin and the Neurobiology of Mother-Infant Attachment
Lane Strathearn (Baylor College of Medicine, USA) |
| 5.30 pm |
Oral Communications II
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5.30 |
Functional role of ghrelin during lactation
A. Abizaid (Carleton University, Canada)
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| 5.45 |
Neural proliferation in the olfactory system and the hippocampus is down-regulated by parturition and interactions with the young in sheep mother
F
Levy (INRA, France) |
| 6.00 pm |
Close of Day 1 |
| Evening |
Free to explore Edinburgh |
| Day 3 – Friday 3rd September 2010 |
| 9.00 am |
Plenary II
Chair: Jonathan Seckl (University of Edinburgh, UK) |
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Estrogen regulation of individual differences in maternal behaviour: Mediation by oxytocin and brain-derived neurotrophic factor
Micheal Meaney (McGill University, Canada)
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| 10.00 am |
Coffee/tea |
| 10.30 am |
Poster data blitz II - 4 min talks per poster
Chairs: Kevin O’Byrne (Kings College, London, UK)
and James Curley (Columbia University, USA)
Maternal deprivation produces alterations in the androgen and dopamine systems and results in deficits in masculine sexual behaviour: Partial reversal with maternal ‘licking-like’ stimulation E.M. Akbari et al (University of Toronto at Mississauga)
Early life adversities and parental separation affect the interspecific trait of CO2 sensitivity and anxious phenotypes in man and animal through mechanisms of gene-by-environment interplay
M. Battaglia et al (Vita-Salute San Raffaele University, Italy)
Postpartum depression and DHEAS levels
M.O.M. Chelini et al (Universidade de São Paulo, Brazil)
Juvenile social and anxiety behaviors in mice are altered by prenatal exposure to an endocrine disrupter and by postnatal infant-mother interactions
K.H. Cox et al (University of Virginia, USA)
Brief pup exposure induces Fos expression in the lateral habenula and serotonergic caudal dorsal raphe nucleus of paternally experienced male California mice (Peromyscus californicus)
T.R. de Jong et al (University of California, USA)
Mate-dependent paternal parental behaviour depends on oxytocin and CD38 in ICR mice
H. Higashida et al (Kanazawa University Graduate School of Medicine, Japan) [see Poster abstract Fri-14]
Paternal neural correlates in humans
P. Kuo et al (University of Michigan, USA)
Central dopamine and paternal behavior in socially monogamous male prairie voles (Microtus ochrogaster)
K. Lei et al (Florida State University, USA)
The effect of neonatal handling on the adenosine receptor A2A in the striatum and in the nucleus accumbens of adult male rats
C. Noschang et al (Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil)
Effects of 5HTTLPR and attachment security on helplessness behaviors and cognitions in children aged five
K. O’Donnell et al (McGill University, Canada)
Advancing paternal age is associated with deficits in social and exploratory behaviours in the offspring
R.G. Smith et al (King's College London, UK)
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| 11.30 am |
Posters II - manned |
| 1.00 pm |
Lunch |
| 2.00 pm |
Symposium II: Early life programming
A: Pregnancy and prenatal effects on programming
Chairs: Alison Fleming (University of Toronto, Canada)
and Emilie Rissman (University of Virginia, USA) |
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2.00 |
Impact of prolactin-induced neurogenesis in the maternal brain during pregnancy on post partum mood and behaviour
Caroline Larsen (University of Otago, New Zealand)
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| 2.25 |
Fetal Programming of the Stress Response: Transgenerational Consequences
Stephen Matthews (University of Toronto, Canada) |
| 2.50 |
Maternal prenatal liquorice consumption and developmental outcomes in their offspring
Katri Raikkonen (University of Helsinki, Finland) |
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3.15 |
Prenatal stress alters brain programming thereby diminishing gender differences in hippocampal gene expression
and sexual dimorphic behaviour
Marta Weinstock (Hebrew University, Israel) |
| 3.40 pm |
Coffee/tea |
| 4.10 pm |
Oral Communications III
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4.10 |
Sex differences in prenatally programmed anxiety behaviour and corticotropin releasing hormone (CRH) receptor mRNA expression in the amygdala in rats
PJ Brunton (University of Edinburgh, UK)
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| 4.25 |
Prenatal anxiety and the human placenta
K O'Donnell (Imperial College London, UK) |
| 4.40 pm |
Symposium II: Early life programming
B: Postnatal origins of programming
Chairs: Aldo Lucion (Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil) and Barbara Woodside (Concordia University, Montreal, Canada) |
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4.40 |
Epigenetic programming of the neuroendocrine stress system
Chris Murgatroyd (MPI, Germany)
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| 5.05 |
Hippocampal corticosteroid- and serotonin-receptor changes in adolescent marmoset monkeys that experienced parental separation in infancy
Christopher Pryce (Psychiatric University Hospital, Switzerland) |
| 5.30 pm |
Oral Communications IV
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5.30 |
Effects of early life social deprivation on behavioural motivation in the context of reward and reward-related cues
AM Lomanowska (University of Toronto, Canada)
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| 5.45 |
Breastfeeding under stress due to a natural disaster affects children's hippocampus, stress response and behavior
S King (McGill University, Canada) |
| 6.00 pm |
Close of Day 2 |
| Evening |
Conference dinner and ceilidh
Chair: Dave Grattan (University of Otago, New Zealand) |
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Balmoral Hotel, Princes Street (east end, at junction with North Bridge).
Dinner speaker: Maternal memory: motherhood and beyond by Robert Bridges (Tufts University, USA)
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| Day 4 – Saturday 4th September 2010 |
| 8.30 am |
Symposium III: Perinatal influence on mental health
A: Maternal Effects
Chairs: Sue Carter (University of Illinois, Chicago, USA) and Ian Jones (Cardiff University, UK) |
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8.30 |
Gestational stress influences maternal and child emotional regulation and cognition
Curt Sandman (University of California at Irvine, USA)
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| 8.55 |
Genetics and Post-natal Triggering of Mood Disorder and Psychosis
Nick Craddock (Cardiff University, UK) |
| 9.20 |
Effects of Peri-natal SSRI Exposure on Neurodevelopment and the HPA System of the Mother and Child
Jodi Pawluski (Maastricht University, The Netherlands) |
| 9.45 am |
Oral Communications V
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9.45 |
Fertility and Prenatal Attitudes towards Pregnancy in Women with Eating Disorders: Results from the Avon Longitudinal Study of Parents and Children
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Easter (Kings College London, UK)
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| 10.00 |
Towards a better understanding of mother’s mental health: Effects of chronic stress on peripartum adaptations
K Hillerer (University of Regensburg, Germany) |
| 10.15 am |
Coffee/tea |
| 10.45 am |
Symposium III: Perinatal influence on mental health
B: Offspring Effects
Chairs: K Nishimori (Tohoku University, Japan) and V. Glover (Imperial College London, UK) |
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10.45 |
Early but post-perinatal exposure to stress - a model of childhood trauma
Gal Richter-Levin (University of Haifa, Israel) |
| 11.10 |
Childhood Trauma and Adult Psychopathology: Role of the Central Oxytocin System?
Christine Heim (Emory University, USA) |
| 11.35 |
Biological Embedding of Adverse Childhood Experiences: Relevance to Adult Medical Illness
Andrea Danese (King's College London, UK) |
| 12.00 pm |
Oral Communications VI
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12.00 |
Entorhinal cortex-specific disruption of gamma frequency oscillation in cross-fostered rodents
SP Hall (Newcastle University, UK)
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| 12.15 |
11 beta-HSD2-/- mice exhibit depressive-like behaviour and altered serotonergic and dopaminergic pathways within the brain
CS Wyrwoll (University of Edinburgh, UK) |
| 12.30 pm |
Lunch |
| 1.30 pm |
Symposium IV: Parental behaviour
A: Maternal Behaviour
Chairs: Joe Lonstein (Michigan State University, USA)
and James Swain (University of Michigan, USA)
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1.30 |
Long-Term Modulation of Maternal Care by Cocaine: fMRI Studies in the Rat
Marcello Febo (Northeastern Univresity, USA)
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| 1.55 |
The neural circuitry underlying the motivated choice between pup- and cocaine-conditioned incentives by postpartum female rats
Mariana Pereira (Rutgers University, USA) |
| 2.20 |
Development of mutual mother-young attachment in sheep : from behaviour to brain
Raymond Nowak (INRA, France) |
| 2.45 pm |
Oral Communications VII
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2.45 |
The development of olfactory recognition is delayed in sheep genotypes which display less maternal care at parturition
C
Dwyer (Scottish Agricultural College, UK)
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| 3.00 |
Maternal aggression in the rat: links to brain oxytocin and vasopressin
SL Meddle (University of Edinburgh, UK)
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| 3.15 pm |
Coffee/Tea |
| 3.45 pm |
Symposium IV: Parental behaviour
B: Paternal Behaviour
Chairs: Frances Champagne (Columbia University, USA)
and Katherine Wynne-Edwards (University of Calgary, Canada)
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3.45 |
Parenting-induced neuroplasticity in male Peromyscus californicus
Catherine Franssen (Randolph Macon College, USA)
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| 4.10 |
Impact of paternal care on prefronto-limbic development in degus (Octodon degus)
Anna Katharina Braun (Otto von Guericke University, Germany) |
| 4.35 |
Neurobiology of Incubation Behaviour in Birds
Peter Sharp (University of Edinburgh, UK) |
| 5.00 pm |
Oral Communications VIII
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5.00 |
Emotion regulation circuits in the parental brain affected by timing, sex, mood and behaviour
J Swain (University of Michigan, USA)
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| 5.15 |
Neural regulation of mouse parental behaviour based on its social experiences
K Kuroda (Riken Brain Science Institute, Japan)
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| 5.30 pm |
Plenary III
Chair: Alison Douglas (University of Edinburgh, UK) |
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Maternal Stress Transgenerational Programming of Offspring Stress Responsivity
Tracy Bale (University of Pennsylvania, USA) |
| 6.30 pm |
Close of Meeting |
