1998 SOCIETY FOR BEHAVIORAL NEUROENDOCRINOLOGY

PRELIMINARY PROGRAM

Thursday Morning - Cox Hall Ballroom

Life Span Actions of Developmental Hormones

Harold Zakon - I Sing the Organ Electric: Sex Steroids, Ion Channels, and Electric Fish Gene Robinson - Socioendocrine Regulation of Behavioral Maturation in Honey Bees

Carol Worthman - Comparative Lifespan Endocrinology of Humans: Implications of Population Differences

Michael Meaney - Maternal Care, Hippocampal Glucocotticoid Receptors, and Responses to Stress

Thursday Afternoon - Cox Hall Ballroom

Biological Rhythms and Hormones

Timothy Bartness - Photoperiod/Melatonin Control of Seasonal Energetic Responses in Hamsters

Rae Silver - The Clock has Two Hands: At Least

Kim Huhman -Role of GABA in the Control of Circadian Rhythms

Terri Lee - Social Re-entrainment of Circadian Rhythms

4:30-7:00pm Contributed Posters - Winship Ballroom

Friday Morning - Cox Hall Ballroom

Behavioral Endocrinology in Natural Contexts

Kay Holekamp - Reproductive Strategies in the Spotted Hyena

Jeff French - Socioendocrinology of Reproduction in Marmosets and Tamarins: Bridging Lab and Field

Barry Sinvervo - Field Endocrinology of Alternative Male Strategies Involved in the Rock-Paper-Scissors Game

Scott Creel- Steroid Hormones and Social Status in Group-Living Carnivores

Friday Afternoon - Cox Hall Ballroom

Steroid-Peptide Interactions

Tom Insel - Oxytocin and Vasopressin - Molecular, Cellular, and Behavioral Aspects of Steroid Actions

Hugo Bergen - Regulation of Neuropeptide Y mRNA and Pro-opiomelanocortin mRNA in Hypothalamic, and Diet-induced, Obesity

Steve Fluharty - Neuroendocrinology of Thirst

John Ewer - Neural and Hormonal Control of Ecdysis Behavior in Insects

4:30-7:00pm Contributed Posters - Winship Ballroom

Saturday Morning - Cox Hall Ballroom

Neuroimmunology

Randy Nelson - Photoperiodic Regulation of Immune Function: Role of Melatonin

Andy Miller - Effects of Cytokines on Glucocorticoid Expression and Function

Ann Silverman - Mast cells and Brain secretions

Saturday Afternoon - Cox Hall Ballroom

Presidential Symposium: Wierd mechanisms of action of steroid hormones

Jeff Blaustein - Afferent Regulation of Steroid Hormone Receptors and Behavior

Dominique Toran-Allerand - Novel Mechanisms of Estrogen Action in the Developing Brain: Role of Steroid/Neurotrophin Interactions

Geoff Greene - Estrogen Receptor Structure, Modulators, and Targets: Agonists vs. Antagonists

Peter Kushner - Why Antiestrogens sometimes Mimic Estrogen

Special Address

Bruce McEwen - Sex, Stress and the Hippocampus

SBN Banquet, Dining and Dancing in the Cox Hall Ballroom

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