Psychoneuroendocrinology, Vol. 13, No. 3. p . 285, 1988 Pergamon Press plc. Printed in Great Britain

ANNOUNCEMENTS

XIX CONGRESS OF THE INTERNATIONAL SOCIETY OF PSYCHONEUROENDOCRINOLOGY (ISPNE)

G r o n i n g e n , T h e N e t h e r l a n d s -- 21 - 25 A u g u s t 1988

Symposia, free communicat ions and poster sessions will be organized on selected topics of psychoneuroendocrinology of eating disorders, biological rhythms, development and sleep, premenstrual syndrome, anxiety, schizophrenia, Alzheimer's disease, atriopeptin, disease markers, etc.

To receive detailed information on scientific and social events as well as on accommodations, etc., address correspondence to:

Secretary's Office, XIX Congress of ISPNE c/o Department of Animal Physiology

University of Groningen, Biological Centre P.O. Box 14

NL-9750 A A Haren THE NETHERLANDS

PSYCHONEUROENDOCRINOLOGY OF AGING: BASIC AND CLINICAL ASPECTS

University of Parma Satellite Workshop to XIX Congress of ISPNE

P a r m a , I t a ly -- 29 - 30 A u g u s t 1988

This workshop is designed to review arid update the major advances made in the last decade, with a particular focus on the endocrine patterns produced by the physiologically and pathologically aging brain. Topics include the role of membranes and receptors in neuroendocrine function with age; physiological aging and psychoneuroendocrine control of pituitary secretions; stress and hormones; and pathologically aging brain and pituitary hormone patterns (Alzheimer type and multiinfarct dementia, Parkinson's disease, Huntington's disease, depression, and memory impairment).

To receive further information, address correspondence to:

Prof. Giorgio Valenti Cattedra di Gerontologia e Geriatria

Ospedale "G. Stuard" - Via Don Bosco, 2 1-43100 Parma

ITALY Telephone: 0521/36422

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