AAGP 22nd ANNUAL MEETING
(AMERICAN ASSOCIATION FOR GERIATRIC PSYCHIATRY)

Honolulu, H, USA
1st-10 March, 2009
www.aagponline.org
e-mail: main@aagponline.org


ECNP WORKSHOP ON
NEUROPSYCHOPHARMACOLOGY FOR YOUNG SCIENTISTS IN EUROPE
Nice, France
5-8 March, 2009
http://www.ecnp.eu/emc


THE MOLECULAR BASIS OF SCHIZOPHRENIA AND BIPOLAR DISORDERS

Keystone Resort, Keystone-Colorado, USA
6-10 March 2009
www.keystonesymposia.org
e-mail:scholarships@keystonesymposia.org; jeannied@
keystonesymposia.org


EPIGENETIC BASIS OF NEURODEVELOPMENTAL DISORDERS

Keystone Resort, Keystone-Colorado, USA
6-10 March 2009
www.keystonesymposia.org
e-mail: @keystonesymposia.org


3rd NATIONAL CONGRESS OF
PSYCHOPHARMACOLOGY

Istanbul, Turkey
12-16 March, 2009
e-mail: toygun.kutay@serenas.com.tr


CHEMICAL SENSES: RECEPTORS AND CIRCUITS

Keystone Resort, Keystone-Colorado, USA
15-19 March, 2009
www.keystonesymposia.org
e-mail: @keystonesymposia.org
SOCIETÀ ITALIANA DI RIABILITAZIONE
PSICOSOCIALE (SIRP)
LE NUOVE MARGINALITÀ TRA
AGGREGAZIONE ED EMARGINAZIONE:
IL RUOLO DELLA RIABILITAZIONE
PSICHIATRICA*

Roma
26-27 marzo, 2009
www.tradevent.it
e-mail: info@tradeventinternational.it


XVI INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM
ABOUT CURRENT ISSUES AND CONTROVERSIES IN PSYCHIATRY: SUICIDAL BEHAVIOUR

Barcelona, Spain
26-27 March, 2009
e-mail: barcelona@geyseco.es


WORLD PSYCHIATRIC ASSOCIATION
INTERNATIONAL CONGRESS
TREATMENTS IN PSYCHIATRY A NEW UPDATE

Florence, Italy
Fortezza da Basso Congress Centre
1-4 April 2009
e-mail: info@wpa2009florence.org
www.wpa2009florence.org


XII INTERNATIONAL CONGRESS OF IFPE
(INTERNATIONAL FEDERATION OF PSYCHIATRIC EPIDEMIOLOGY)

Wien, Austria
16-19 April, 2009
e-mail: ifpe2009@interconvention.at


II CONFERENZA INTERNAZIONALE
RAFFORZARE I SISTEMI DI SALUTE MENTALE NEI PAESI A BASSO E MEDIO REDDITO*

Rimini
21-24 aprile, 2009
www.cittadinanza.org
e-mail: info@cittadinanza.org
3rd BRIXIA INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE
ANTIPSYCHOTICS AND ANTIDEPRESSANTS:
ARE THE LABELS APPROPRIATE OR TOO
RESTRICTIVE?*

Brescia
7-9 maggio, 2009
www.newtours.it/brixiaconference09
e-mail: brixiaconference09@newtours.it


162nd American Psychiatric Association
Annual Meeting

San Francisco, CA, United States
16-21 May, 2009
e-mail: apa@psych.org


INTERNATIONAL ANXIETY DISORDER
SYMPOSIUM

Amsterdam, Netherlands
27-28 May, 2009
e-mail: info@adsymposia.org


CENTRO DI SCIENZA COGNITIVA
MENTE E CORPO 2009*

Torino
5-7 giugno 2009
www.psych.unito.it/csc
e-mail: mente.cervello@gmail.com; mente.corpo@psych.unito.it


THE 1st WORLD CONGRESS ON CONTROVERSIES IN PSYCHIATRY (COPSy)

Berlin, Germany
18-21 June, 2009
e-mail: copsy@comtecmed.com


9th World Congress of Biological
Psychiatry

Paris, France
28 June-2 July, 2009
e-mail: wsfbp2009@cpo-hanser.de
http://www.wfsbp-congress.org/


AEPEA INTERNATIONAL THEMATIC CONFERENCE
FROM INHIBITION TO HYPERACTIVITY:
PSYCHOPATHOLOGICAL APPROACH*

Athens, Greece
3-5 July 2009
www.aepea-athenes2009.gr
e-mail: secretariat@aepea-athenes2009.gr


18° CONGRESSO DELL’ASSOCIATION
INTERNATIONALE D’ÉTUDES
MÉDICO-PSYCHOLOGIQUES ET RELIGIEUSES (AIEMPR)

Losanna e St.-Maurice Vallais, Svizzera
6-10 luglio, 2009
www.aiempr.org


12° MEETING OF THE INTERNATIONAL SOCIETY FOR TRYPTOPHAN RESEARCH (ISTRY)*

Florence
9-11 July 2009
www.newtours.it/istry2009
e-mail: istry2009@newtours.it


14th EUROPEAN CONFERENCE ON
DEVELOPMENTAL PSYCHOLOGY

Vilnius, Lithuania
18-22 August, 2009
e-mail: info@ecdp2009.com


PSYCHIATRY AT SEA CRUISE (TO ALASKA)

Vancouver, AK, United States
22-29 August, 2009
e-mail: cruises@seacourses.com


22nd ECNP CONGRESS

Istanbul, Turkey
12-16 September, 2009
http://www.ecnp.eu/emc.asp


19th NEUROPHARMACOLOGY CONFERENCE
NEUROPEPTYDES*
Satellite to the 2009 meeting of the Society for Neuroscience

Chicago, USA
14-16 October 2009
www.neuropharmacology-conference.elsevier.com
e-mail: np-conference@elsevier.com


SPANISH NATIONAL CONGRESS OF PSYCHIATRY

Madrid, Spain
19-24 October, 2009
e-mail: jsaiz@psiquiatria.com
PSYCHIATRIC UPDATE/FALL 2009

Madison, WI, United States
23-24 October, 2009
e-mail: ocpd@mailplus.wisc.edu


56th ANNUAL MEETING OF THE AMERICAN
ACADEMY OF CHILD AND ADOLESCENT
PSYCHIATRY

Honolulu, HI, United States
27 October-01 November, 2009
Phone: 202-966-2891









CNR
Istituto di Neurobiologia e Medicina Molecolare
Aula Conferenze
Via Del Fosso di Fiorano 64
Roma, 21 aprile 2009


One Day Meeting on Nerve Growth Factor: From sarcoma 180 to clinical application

Dedicated to Rita Levi Montalcini who discovered the first growth factor

Organizer:  Luigi Aloe

PARTICIPANTS
Nobel Laureate, Prof. Rita Levi Montalcini

Session I: L. Aloe and A. Lambiase

09:00-09:10 L. Aloe: Rome, Italy Welcome
09:10-09:30 E. Alleva: Rome, Italy When NGF met behaviour
09:30-09:50 R. Hellweg: Berlin, Germany NGF presence in rodent models and in patients before and after
anti-depressant  treatment
09:50-10:10 P. Villoslada: Barcelon, Spain Targeting NGF pathway for treating Multiple Sclerosis
10:10-10:30 C. Emanueli: Bristol, UK Cardiovascular actions of neurotrophins
10:30-10:50 P. Lazarovici: Jerusalem, Israel NGF angiogenic activity: receptors signalling and implications in
cancer tissue engineering
10:50-11:10 Coffee break

11:10-11:30 M.G. Spillantini: Cambridge, UK Alzheimer’s disease and neurotrophins
11:30-11:50 M. Tuszynski: San Diego, USA NGF translation to human clinical trials in Alzheimer’s disease
11:50-12:10 A. Lambiase/St. Bonini: Rome, Italy Eye NGF administration and healing of human corneal ulcer
12:10-12:30 R. Bernabei: Rome, Italy A clinical trial for pressure ulcer with NGF application
12:40-13:00 T. Lundeberg: Stockholm, Sweden Peripheral sensory mechanism, acupuncture and NGF
13:00-13:20 C. Cuello: McGill Univ., Montreal Dysmetabolism of NGF in Alzheimer Disease. Exploring an old
paradox
13:20-14:00 Lunch break

Session II: E. Alleva and T. Lundeberg 

14:00-14:15 A. Iannitelli/G. Bersani: Rome, Italy Schizophrenic-like disorders  and NGF
14:15-14:30 P. Tirassa: Rome, Italy An innovative method to deliver NGF into the brain
14:30-14:45 Se. Bonini: Naples, Italy NGF and allergic response
14:45-15:00 E. Emanuele: Pavia, Italy NGF and romantic love
15:00-15:15 G. Chaldakov:  Varna, Bulgaria Neurotrophins and cardiometabolic diseases
15:15-15:30 L. Aloe Conclusion

For information: Dr. L. Aloe- Tel: 06 50170 3240; aloe@inmm.cnr.it; www.inmm.cnr.it/aloe
List of Speakers

Alleva E.
Head, Section of Behavioural Neurosciences, Department of Cell Biology and Neurosciences, ISS Rome, Italy
Aloe L.
Institute of Neurobiology and Molecular Medicine, CNR, NGF Section, Rome, Italy
Bernabei R.
Department of Geriatrics, Catholic University of the Sacred Heart, Rome, Italy
Bersani G.
Department of Psychiatric Sciences and Psychological Medicine “Sapienza” University of Rome. Polo Pontino, Italy
Bonini Se.
Allergology and Clinical Immunology, Dept. Int. Med., Second University of Naples, Italy
Bonini  St.
Department of Ophthalmology, University Campus Bio-Medico, Rome, Italy
Chaldakov G. N.
Medical University BG-9002 Varna, Bulgaria
Cuello C.
Dept. of Pharmacology, McGill University, Montreal, Canada.
Emanueli C.
Division of Experimental Cardiovascular Medicine, Bristol Heart Institute, University of Bristol, Bristol, UK
Emanuele E.
Interdepartmental Center for Research in Molecular Medicine, University of  Pavia, Italy


Helleveg R.
Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Charité-University Medicine Berlin, Germany
Iannitelli A.
Department of Psychiatric Sciences and Psychological Medicine “Sapienza” University of Rome. Polo Pontino, Italy
Lambiase A.
Department of Ophthalmology, University Campus Bio-Medico, Rome, Italy
Lazarovici P.
Department of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics Faculty of Medicine, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel
Lundeberg T.
Rehabilitation medicine University Clinic Danderyds Hospital Stockholm, Sweden  
Spillantini M.G.
Brain Repair Centre and Department of Neurology, ED Adrian Building, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK
Tirassa P.
Institute of Neurobiology and Molecular Medicine, CNR, NGF Section, Rome, Italy
Tuszynski M.
Department of Neurosciences, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, California, USA
Villoslada P.
Department of Experimental Biology, University of Barcelon, Spain




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