Tenth Annual Symposium
of the
Center for Neuroendocrine
Studies


University of Massachusetts, Amherst
October 5, 2007

 

Hormones and Cognition

 

 

Symposium Program

09:30 Welcome Reception and Registration

Room 101, Campus Center

 

10:00 Opening Remarks

Scientific Presentations 

10:20 Catherine S. Woolley, Northwestern University

          Acute Estrogen Action at Synapses in the Hippocampus

11:10 Coffee break

11:25 Robert Gibbs, University of Pittsburgh

         Mechanism of Estrogen Effects on Cognitive Performance

 

12:15 Buffet Lunch

         Amherst Room, 10th Floor Campus Center

01:45 Kim Wallen, Emory University

         Hormones and Cognitive Sex Differences in Monkeys and Humans

 

02:35 Coffee break

02:50 Agnès Lacreuse, University of Massachusetts

         Sex Hormones and Cognition Across the Adult Lifespan in Nonhuman Primates

03:40 Barbara Sherwin, McGill University

          Estrogen and Cognitive Aging in Women: Take It or Lose It?

 

04:30 Poster Display and Social Hour

        Outside Marriott Room, 11th Floor Campus Center

 

06:00 Banquet & Entertainment

        Marriott Center, 11th Floor Campus Center

For further information, please contact CNS coordinator Veronica Lopez at: cns@cns.umass.edu

or one of the organizers:

 

Dr. Veronica Lopez

cns@cns.umass.edu

413-545-4283

Dr. Geert J. de Vries

devries@cns.umass.edu

413-545-0663

Dr. Marc J. Tetel

mtetel@wellesley.edu

781-283-3003

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