Mechanisms and consequences of early life stress: Lessons from the past five decades In honour of the late Seymour “Gig” Levine

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Event Abstract Back to Event Mechanisms and consequences of early life stress: Lessons from the past five decades In honour of the late Seymour “Gig” Levine Melly S. Oitzl1*, Francesca Cirulli2 and Mathias Schmidt3 1 Leiden University, Department of Neuropharmacology, LACDR/LUMC, Netherlands 2 Istituto Superiore di Sanita, Department of Cell Biology and Neurosciences, Italy 3 Max Planck Institute of Psychiatry, Germany Stressful life events at specific developmental time windows can have crucial, life-long consequences for the affected individual – be it a rodent, monkey or human. Gig Levine was among the pioneers of Developmental Psychobiology in the mid 50s and remained active in the field of stress research until 2007.The contribution of animal models to the understanding of human development and recent technological advances will yield to a deeper understanding of the biological mechanisms of early life trauma and identification of novel drug targets. The goal of this symposium is to highlight the impact of neurodevelopmental programming of the stress system as a modulator of physical and mental health throughout life. The meeting is structured in three main topics:1. Neurodevelopmental programming of brain and metabolism; 2. Stress system: vulnerability for mental and metabolic disorders in later life; 3. Novel approaches to therapeutic targets.In addition of having presentations by scientific leaders in the field, one important goal of the meeting is to promote discussion. It is more evident now than any time before that a multidisciplinary approach is necessary for the development of effective therapeutic strategies to slow down and/or prevent the progression of stress-related psychiatric disorders. Conference: 41st European Brain and Behaviour Society Meeting, Rhodes Island, Greece, 13 Sep - 18 Sep, 2009. Presentation Type: Oral Presentation Topic: Stress satellite symposium lectures Citation: Oitzl MS, Cirulli F and Schmidt M (2009). Mechanisms and consequences of early life stress: Lessons from the past five decades In honour of the late Seymour “Gig” Levine. Conference Abstract: 41st European Brain and Behaviour Society Meeting. doi: 10.3389/conf.neuro.08.2009.09.064 Copyright: The abstracts in this collection have not been subject to any Frontiers peer review or checks, and are not endorsed by Frontiers. They are made available through the Frontiers publishing platform as a service to conference organizers and presenters. The copyright in the individual abstracts is owned by the author of each abstract or his/her employer unless otherwise stated. Each abstract, as well as the collection of abstracts, are published under a Creative Commons CC-BY 4.0 (attribution) licence (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) and may thus be reproduced, translated, adapted and be the subject of derivative works provided the authors and Frontiers are attributed. For Frontiers’ terms and conditions please see https://www.frontiersin.org/legal/terms-and-conditions. Received: 05 Jun 2009; Published Online: 05 Jun 2009. * Correspondence: Melly S Oitzl, Leiden University, Department of Neuropharmacology, LACDR/LUMC, Leiden, Netherlands, m.oitzl@lacdr.leidenuniv.nl Login Required This action requires you to be registered with Frontiers and logged in. To register or login click here. Abstract Info Abstract The Authors in Frontiers Melly S Oitzl Francesca Cirulli Mathias Schmidt Google Melly S Oitzl Francesca Cirulli Mathias Schmidt Google Scholar Melly S Oitzl Francesca Cirulli Mathias Schmidt PubMed Melly S Oitzl Francesca Cirulli Mathias Schmidt Related Article in Frontiers Google Scholar PubMed Abstract Close Back to top Javascript is disabled. Please enable Javascript in your browser settings in order to see all the content on this page.