INTERNATIONAL COLLEGE OF AFFECTIVE NEUROSCIENCE
2012 ICANS Annual Meeting is approaching!
01 week ago
Dear colleagues, this year the ICANS Annual Meeting will be held in Florence (Italy) on the 12th of July.
It will consist of a magistral lecture entitled “Genetics and epigenetics of stress sensitivity”, by Prof. Stephan Claes, from the University of Lieven. You can find more information about it here.
Participation is free for all ICANS members, but to attend the meeting you have to register in advance by sending an email to admin.icans@gmail.com.
2010 “Neuroscience” and “Psychiatry” Impact Factor
05 months ago
by Beatriz Rodriguez-Cabo
in News
Journal Citation Reports published by ISI Web of Knowledge are composed of two parts: the Science Edition and the Social Sciences Edition. Journals are listed in both issues according their impact factor during the last year.
In the Science Edition, we can find a category called “Neurosciences”, with three journals of the Nature Publishing Group in the top 5 journals of this category; with Nature Reviews Neuroscience having the highest impact factor in this category during the last year
- Nature Reviews Neuroscience (29.510)
- Annual Review of Neuroscience (26.756)
- Behavioral and Brain Sciences (21.952)
- Molecular Psychiatry (15.470)
- Nature Neuroscience (14.191)
Vacancy: Clinical Research Fellow, Imperial College London
06 months ago
by Beatriz Rodriguez-Cabo
in Jobs
Applications are invited for a Clinical Research Fellow post in the Neuropsychopharmacology unit, part of the Centre for Pharmacology and Therapeutics in the Division of Experimental Medicine of Imperial College London.
The successful candidate will be a medical doctor with experience in psychiatry, and preferably addiction, intending to pursue a career in research. Please click here for further details about this position, including information on how to apply.
All applications must be received before: 16 November 2011
(information found via ECNP News)
Opportunity for Young Scientists: APA Research Colloquium 2012
07 months ago
The American Psychiatric Association (APA) is organising a Research Colloquium for Junior Investigators at their next Annual Meeting in Philadelphia on Sunday 6 May 2012.
The all-day workshop will focus on:
- Molecular, Translational and Neuroscience Research
- Clinical Psychobiology
- Treatment from Psychopharmacology and Psychotherapy to Neural Strategies
Would you like the opportunity to atttend? A $1,000 stipend will be provided to partially defray travel expenses. Submit your application before 15 November 2011.
Affective Neuroscience Journal Club – October 2011
07 months ago
Mirror neurons and their clinical relevance
Rizzolatti G, Fabbri-Destro M, Cattaneo L.
Nature Clinical Practice Neurology,2009,5(1); 24-33
During the last years, we have all have heard about mirror neurons and their possible implications in other’s movements and emotion understanding and imitation. The concept of “mirror neuron” has even gone beyond scientific community, and has started to be mentioned in mass media. But, do we really understand mirror neuron’s function and role in emotions and behaviour?
I wanted to know some more about mirror neurons, so I found a nice and More >
Affective Neuroscience Journal Club – September 2011
08 months ago
by Agnes Nocon
in Journal Club
Emotional processing as a predictor of symptom change: An acute tryptophan depletion study in depressed patients
Booij L & Van der Does AJW (2011). Eur Neuropsychopharmacol 21 (5): 379-83.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20943352
There has been growing evidence on the role of emotion regulation in the genesis, maintenance and remittance of psychiatric disorders in the last years(e.g. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed?term=JJ%20gross%20op%20john%202003), that come along with a whole new “wave” of cognitive behavioral therapies (CBT) (e.g. Dialectic-Behavior Therapy, M. Linehan; Emotion-Focused Therapy, L. Greenberg). Also, it has been shown that the combination of psychopharmacological and psychotherapeutical treatment has the greatest benefit for the treatment outcome.
The More >
LATEST NEWS
010 months ago
by Fiammetta Cosci
in News
ICANS POSTER AWARD – 2011
The ICANS Poster Award for 2011 was awarded to Dr Maria Gabriella Nielsen from the Psychiatric Unit, IRCCS San Giovanni di Dio Fatebenefratelli in Brescia, Italy.
For more details please click here.
Affective Neuroscience Journal Club – July 2011.
010 months ago
by Teresa Moreno
in Journal Club
Emotional modulation of response inhibition in stable patients with bipolar I disorder: a comparison with healthy and schizophrenia subjects.
Gopin ChB, Burdick KE, DeRosse P, Goldberg TE, Malhotra AK. Bipolar Disorders 2011: 13: 164-172.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3066455/?tool=pubmed
Neuropsychological performance in Schizophrenia and Bipolar Disorder has been a topic of interest in the last few years. Affective processing has been less studied compared to other domains such as executive functions. However, there is a growing body of evidence of abnormalities in affective processing in Schizophrenia (Schz) and Bipolar Disorder (BD). Several researchers have reported that patients with Schz have difficulty quickly and effortlessly More >
Join our Research Survey Project (RSP)!
011 months ago
Would you like to contribute in creating a research network? If yes, help us disseminating the CURRENT SURVEY and/or translate it in your own language (see for example the Italian version) with the aim to disseminate it in your own country. If you want to exchange opinions and ideas on this project please write your comment at the end of this page or an email to Fiammetta Cosci and Alessandro Colasanti using the following address: admin.icans@gmail.com
Affective Neuroscience Journal Club – June 2011
011 months ago
Transitional and translational studies of risk for anxiety
Casey, B.J., Ruberry, E.J., Libby, V., Glatt, C.E., Hare, T., Soliman, F., Duhoux, S., Frielingsdorf, H. & Tottenham, N. 2011, Depression and anxiety, vol. 28, no. 1, pp. 18-28.
During the experience in child psychiatry I have encountered anxiety disorders in little patients with or without psychiatric or medical co-morbidities on daily basis. Observed impact of clinical anxiety in children paralleled my observations in anxious adults.
It is known and has been shown that anxiety disorders are fairly common in pre-adolescent children and adolescents. Anxiety symptoms in More >
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