Molecular mechanisms influencing
aggressive behaviours
Open meeting presented in collaboration
with the Royal Society of Medicine
To be held at The
Royal Society of Medicine, 1 Wimpole Street, London W1G 0AE
Closing date for registrations:
Friday 16th July 2004
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The experimental analysis of aggression has been of interest to scientists for a very long time. This has included study of the ethological forms of aggression, its neuroanatomy, and its neuropharmacology. There have been many interdisciplinary studies of aggression in both animals and humans. However, during the past five years or so, the application of new molecular genetic techniques has enabled us to explore mechanisms of aggression in ways that were not previously possible, yielding new information and insights.
This meeting brings together a broad spectrum of disciplines to discuss recent data on aggression in laboratory animals and will examine the data with particular reference to possible implications for understanding human aggression. Topics for inclusion include major current experimental issues in the study of aggression in humans and animals: sex differences in aggression and related hormonal effects; specific genes for neurotransmitters, neuropeptides, and nitric oxide; and finally aggression in primates both human and animal. The discussions to be included in the book will deal with some of the specific problems of interpretation at the molecular level, but general issues relating to our understanding of human and animal aggression are considered in some detail. This book will provide a comprehensive account of the state-of-the-art in our understanding of the underlying biology of aggression in humans and animals.
| 1000 |
Registration and
coffee |
| 1030 |
Welcome
Gregory BOCK
The Novartis Foundation,
London, UK |
| 1035 |
Chair's
introduction
Donald PFAFF
Rockefeller University, New York, USA |
| 1040 |
Of mice and men: brain
evolution and agression
Barry KEVERNE
Sub-Department of Animal Behaviour, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK |
| 1120 |
Coffee |
| 1140 |
Using gene-knockout mice to
understand aggression
Randy NELSON
Ohio State University, Columbus, USA |
| 1220 |
Serotonergic
mechanisms in
aggression
Berend OLIVIER
Utrecht Institute for Pharmaceutical
Sciences, Utrecht, The Netherlands |
| 1300 |
Lunch |
| 1400 |
Loss of sex discrimination
and male-male aggression in mice deficient for TRP2
Catherine DULAC
Harvard University, Cambridge, USA |
| 1400 |
Genes for sex hormone
receptors controlling mouse aggression
Donald PFAFF
|
| 1520 |
Tea |
| 1540 |
Aggression and social
behaviour in rhesus monkeys
Stephen SUOMI
National Institute of Child Heath and Human Development, Bethesda, USA |
| 1620 |
Chair's
closing remarks
Donald PFAFF |
Please note that this programme may be
subject to change.
All are welcome, but pre-registration is essential. A registration fee of
£75 (£55 RSM members, £25 for students) will be charged, covering documentation, lunch and
tea/coffee.
Cancellations
Should be confirmed in writing and accompanied by your receipt. An administrative charge of £15 will be made on all cancellations received before Friday16
July 2004. After this date we regret fees will not be refunded. Substitutions may be made at any time without charge.
To register, use the online
form, or please contact:
Sharan Gallagher
Academic Conference Department
Royal Society of Medicine
1 Wimpole Street
London W1G 0AE
fax: 020 7290 2977
tel: 020 7290 3946
e-mail: events@rsm.ac.uk
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