Parental Brain Conference? June 7-10, 2007 -- Preliminary Program -- June 7, 2007 -- Keynote Lecture? David R. Rubinow, MD,? Assad Meymandi Professor & Chair of Psychiatry, University of North Carolina School of Medicine, Chapel Hill, NC --?Mood Disorders of Pregnancy and the Postpartum Period? -- June 8, 2007 -- Symposium 1 -- Neural Systems & Maternal Behavior -- I -- Michael Numan, PhD, Department of Psychology, Boston College --?Hypothalamic Interaction with the Mesolimbic Dopamine System Regulates Maternal Responsiveness? -- Joan I. Morrell, PhD, Center for Molecular and Behavioral Neuroscience, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey --?Maternal Motivation and Its Neural Substrate Across the Postpartum Period? -- Craig Ferris, PhD, Center for Comparative Neuroimaging, University of Massachusetts Medical School -- "Imaging the Maternal Brain" -- Symposium 2 -- Neural Systems & Maternal Behavior -- I -- Dionysia T. Theodosis, PhD, Laboratory of Morphofunctional Neurobiology, Inserm U378; University Victor Segalen-Bordeaux II, F33077 Bordeaux, France --?Neuronal-Glial Plasticity and Reproduction? -- Frederick Levy, PhD, INRA-CNRS-Universite de Tours-Haras Nationaux, Nouzilly, France -- "Neural Networks Involved in the Onset of Maternal Behavior in Sheep" -- Jeffrey P. Lorberbaum, MD, Department of Psychiatry, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC -- "The Functional Neuroanatomy of Human Parental Behavior." -- Symposium 3 -- Maternal Aggression, Stress & Anxiety/Depression -- I -- Oliver J. Bosch, PhD, Institute of Zoology, University of Regensburg, 93040 Regensburg, Germany -- "Maternal Behavior, Anxiety and Aggression: What is the Link?? -- Stephen C. Gammie, PhD, Department of Zoology, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI --?Maternal Aggression Links to Anxiety and Depression: Possible Common -- Roles for CRF and Related Peptides" -- *Lee S. Cohen, MD, Dept. Psychiatry, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA -- * pending -- Symposium 4 -- Maternal Aggression, Stress & Anxiety/Depression? II -- Luz Torner, PhD, Luz University of Regensburg, Institute of Zoology, Universitatsstrasse 31, 93053 Regensburg, Germany -- Claire-DominiqueWalker, PhD, Douglas Hospital Research Center, Department of Psychiatry, McGill University, Montreal, Canada -- Joseph Lonstein, PhD, Program in Neuroscience and Department of Psychology, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI -- "Infant Cues, Oxytocin, and GABA Regulation of Postpartum Anxiety" -- Luciano Felicio, PhD, Departamento de Patologia, Faculdade de Medicina Veterinaria e Zootecnia, Universidade de Sao Paulo, Brasil -- "Maternal Choices: Neural Mediation -- Caring for Young or Hunting?? -- June 9, 2007 -- Symposium 5 -- Neuropeptide Regulation and Actions during Pregnancy -- And Lactation -- Alison J. Douglas, PhD, Laboratory of Neuroendocrinology, Centre for Integrative Physiology, College of Medicine and Veterinary Medicine, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, Scotland --?Switching on Oxytocin Neurones Perinatally? -- Marc Freeman, PhD, Department of Biological Science, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL --?Biological and Mathematical Modeling Approaches to Defining the Role of Oxytocin and Dopamine in the Control of Mating-Induced Prolactin Secretion? -- Inga D. Neumann, PhD, Institute of Zoology, University of Regensburg, Regensburg, Germany --?Brain Oxytocin and Prolactin: Anti-Stress Effects during Pregnancy and Lactation? -- Symposium 6 -- The Energetics of Motherhood -- David R. Grattan, PhD, Department of Anatomy & Structural Biology, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand -- "Hormonal Induction of Leptin Resistance during Pregnancy" -- **Kevin L. Grove, PhD, Division of Neuroscience, Oregon National Primate Research Center, Oregon Health & Science University, Beaverton, OR ** pending -- Barbara Woodside, PhD, Center for Studies in Behavioral Neurobiology, Concordia University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada. -- "Leptin, Prolactin and the Metabolic Adaptations to Lactation" -- Symposium 7 -- Individual Variations in Maternal Behavior: from Genes -- to Experience -- I -- James P. Curley, PhD -- Sub-Department of Animal Behaviour, University of Cambridge, High Street Madingley, Cambridge, UK -- "Behavioural and Neuroendocrine Consequences of Parent-of-Origin Effects" -- Larry Young, PhD, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA --?Molecular Correlates of Individual Variation in Parental Care in Prairie Voles? -- Francis A. Champagne, PhD, Department of Psychology, Columbia University, New York NY?Epigenetic Mechanisms and the Transmission of Maternal Care Across Generations" -- Symposium 8 -- Individual Variations in Maternal Behavior: from Genes -- to Experience -- II -- Cort A. Pedersen, MD, Department of Psychiatry, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC -- Naomi Popeski, PhD, McGill Program for the Study of Behavior, Genes and Environment, Department of Psychiatry, Douglas Hospital Research Centre, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada --?Maternal Responsiveness as a Function of Adversity in Humans: an fMRI Study? -- Jenae M. Neiderhiser, PhD, Center for Family Research, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, George Washington University, Washington, DC -- "Genetic and Environmental Influences on Mothering: The Role of Mother's Genes and Child's Genes" -- Banquet Speaker -- John Russell, PhD, Professor, Laboratory of Neuroendocrinology, Centre for Integrative Physiology, College of Medicine and Veterinary Medicine, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, Scotland --?Bringing Forth the Next Generation, and the Next? -- June 10, 2007 -- Plenary Lecture -- Sarah Blaffer Hrdy, PhD, Professor Emeritus, Dept. Anthropology, University of California, Davis, Davis, CA --?Mothers and Others: The Evolutionary Context of Human Development? -- Symposium 9? Alternate Patterns of Parental Care -- Jeffrey A. French, PhD, Dept. Psychology, University of Nebraska at Omaha, Omaha, NE -- "Family Life in Marmosets: Causes and Consequences of Variation in Caregiving" -- Sue Carter, PhD, Brain Body Center, Department of Psychiatry, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL -- "Early Experience and the Developmental Programming of Oxytocin and Vasopressin" -- Symposium 10 -- Biparental Care: Neural and Physiological Mechanisms -- Catherine A. Marler, PhD, Dept. Psychology, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI --?The Effects of Paternal Behavior on Offspring Aggression and Hormones in the Biparental California Mouse? -- Katherine A Wynne-Edwards, PhD, Dept. Biology, Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada --?From Dwarf Hamster to Daddy: Neuroendocrine Substrates for Paternal Behavior? -- Zuoxin X. Wang, PhD, Dept. Psychology, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL -- "The Monogamous Male Brain" -- Symposium 11 -- Neuroplasticity & Reproductive Experience -- Elizabeth M. Byrnes, PhD, Department of Biomedical Sciences, Tufts Cummings School of Veterinary medicine, North Grafton, MA --?Neuroendocrine Plasticity and the Maternal Brain? -- Kelly G. Lambert, PhD, Dept. Psychology, Randolph?Macon College, Ashland, VA --?The Adaptive Nature of Parental-Induced Neurobiological Modifications: Consideration of Enhanced Resilience in Maternal and Paternal Rodent Models? -- Liisa A. Galea, PhD, Program in Neuroscience, Dept Psychology and Brain Research Center, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada --?Parity and Mothering Affect Hippocampal Function and Structure? -- Alison Fleming, PhD, Department of Psychology, Erindale College, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada -- "Plasticity in the Maternal Circuit: Experience, Dopamine, and Mothering."