Announcements

• The deadline for satellite symposium proposals and exhibition space for the 28th ECNP Congress, 29 August-1 September, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, is 15 December 2014.
• The ECNP office will be closed from 24 December 2014 to 5 January 2015.
• The deadline for submission for scientific symposium proposals for the 29th ECNP Congress in Vienna, 17-20 September 2016, is 15 March 2015.

Programme of the 28th ECNP Congress takes form

The provisional symposium titles of the 28th ECNP Congress are now available on the congress website. We are also able to announce three of the six scheduled plenary lectures:

• Neural correlates of chronic early-life stress
  Tallie Z. Baram, USA
  
  
• The role of motivation and reward in mental disorders
  Andreas Heinz, Germany
  
  
• The Grete Lundbeck European Brain Research Prize award lecture
  Trevor W. Robbins, United Kingdom

In addition, plenaries will be delivered by the 2015 winner of the ECNP Neuropsychopharmacology Award (basic research) and – for the first time at the ECNP Congress – the 2014/15 winner of the Anna Monika Prize.

100 free copies available of ECNP’s Neuroscience-based Nomenclature handbook

Three new ECNP Networks launched

ECNP is pleased to announce the launch of three new research Networks: ADHD (across the lifecycle), led by Barbara Franke and Andreas Reif; Traumatic Stress, led by Eric Vermetten and Joseph Zohar; and Preclinical Data Forum, led by Anton Bespalov and Thomas Steckler.

If you would like to join these Networks, you can find out how here.

ECNP Seminars

ENP Articles of the Month

This month we feature two articles for free download: Efficacy and safety of extended-release guanfacine hydrochloride in children and adolescents with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder: A randomized, controlled, Phase III trial,’ by Amaia Hervas et al.; and ‘Insulin and insulin-like growth factor receptors in the brain: Physiological and pathological aspects,’ Haim Werner and Derek LeRoith.

CINP White Paper published in Nature Reviews Drug Discovery

The CINP White Paper ‘Innovative partnerships to accelerate CNS drug discovery for improved patient care’ has been published in Nature Reviews Drug Discovery.

The White Paper was developed following the CINP Summit held in November 2013 in Munich, Germany, to discuss the lack of new drugs in the CNS drug development pipeline. The full text of the paper, including more information on the action plan, can be accessed here. Our congratulations to Peter Høngaard Andersen for spearheading this initiative.

Happy holidays!