Conference on Neuropsychology and the Neuroimmune Dialogue

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Saturday, May 2,1998

Alumni Hall, Farkas Auditorium, New York University Medical Center First Avenue & 31 st St., New York City

19th Annual Conference New York Neuropsychology Group Joint Meeting with The New York Academy of Sciences, Psychology Section

Sponsored by the NYU Post-Graduate Medical School in conjunction with the New York Neuropsychology Group

Many clinical conditions are clarified by neuropsychological analyses of brain-behavior relationships in termss of anatomical localization, but sometimes patients lacking obvious lesions have forced us to look at neurotransmitter abnormalities, within or beyond specified loci. Now it is time for neuropsychologists to consider the implications of the fact that the nervous system talks to the immune system and vice versa, at every moment. The known influences of behavior, social stimuli, and conditioning history on the immune system, and the known influences of immune activity on behavior, mood, and cognition raise provocative questions about normal as well as abnormal functioning; and about controversial symptom complaints in condi tions with sparse or poorly understood evidence of "organic" etiologies.


Program

8:00 am Registration

9:00 Greetings from the Conference Organizer

9:15 How Some Postconcussion Patients Provoked My Interest in the Neuroimmune Dialogue 10:00 The Interface between Brain, Behavior, and Immunity 10:45 Break

11:00 Mast Cells in the Brain: Functional Significance of their Rapid Changes

11:45 Psychoneuroimmunology: Conditioning and some Clinical Implications of Conditioning 12:30 pm Lunch

1:30 Neuroimmune Aspects of Cognitive Development. Geschwind-Behan-Galaburda and Beyond

2:15 Neuroimmunology and Depression 3:00 Neuropsychological and Psychological Factors in Chronic Fatigue Syndrome: Implications for Psychoneuroimmunology 3:45- 4:15 Discussion Adjournment

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Conference Registration

Advance Registration is advised. Complete form, send with check payable to New York Neuropsychology Group, to: Dr. Kathleen McKay NYNG, P.O. Box 2548 Briarcliff Manor, N.Y. 10510

Information: F. Frank LeFever, Ph.D. Helen Hayes Hospital West Haverstraw, N.Y. 10993 FAX: (914) 786-4978 Voice: (914) 786-41 1 0 flefever@ix.netcom.com

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Conference Fees

Before April 18 /After April 18 or at Door

Nonmember             $65 / $75

NYNG member        $55/  $65

Nonmember student  $25/  $30

NYNG member student  $20/  $25

NYNG dues may be included for new members or renewals to get the reduced fee for members: Regular $25, Student $10. Refunds minus $20 administration fee (Students, $5)for written cancellation before April 18.

CE or CME credits

New York Neuropsychology Group is a multidisciplinary nonprofit scientific and educational organization, founded in 1979 to provide a forum for the discussion of brain-behavior relationships.

CME Credits for Physicians Accreditation Statement:
The NYU Post-Graduate Medical School is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to sponsor continuing medical education for physicians. The NYU Post-Graduate Medical School designates this continuing medical education activity for 5.75 credit hours in Category I of the Physician's Recognition Award of the American Medical Association.

Disclosure Statement:
The NYU Post-Graduate Medical School adheres to ACCME Standards regarding industry support of continuing medical education, and disclosure of faculty and commercial relationships, if any, will be made known at the symposium. Make check for $75 payable to NYU Post-Craduate Medical School.

CE Credits for Psychologists :
6 hours of continuing education credits for psychologists will be awarded by the Westchester Center for Psychological Education, a sponsor approved by the American Psychological Association. Make check for $10 payable to Westchester Center for Psychological Education

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