Neural Mechanisms of Social Bonding: Implications for Novel Therapies for Autism

Date: 

Tuesday, March 24, 2015, 5:45pm

Location: 

The Northwest Labs Building, B-101

CONTE COLLOQUIUM ON MENTAL HEALTH

 

Neural Mechanisms of Social Bonding: Implications for Novel Therapies for Autism

 

Larry J. Young, PhD

Director, Silvio O. Conte Center for Oxytocin and Social Cognition

William P. Timmie Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences

Emory University

 

Dr. Young will discuss his research on the role of oxytocin and other brain chemical in regulating social bonding in monogamous prairie voles.  Insights from this research has led to a greater understanding of the social brain and may give rise to novel therapies for improving social functioning in psychiatric disorders characterized by impairments in social cognition.

 

Tuesday March 24th at 6:00PM

Dinner available at 5:45PM

The Northwest Labs Building, B-101

52 Oxford Street, Cambridge

 

Free and open to the public

 

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