Welcome

On Friday, October 16, 2009, the NIDA Mini-Convention, a satellite meeting of the Society for Neuroscience (SfN) Annual Meeting, will be held from 8:00 a.m. - 6:25 p.m. at the Palmer House Hilton, 17 E. Monroe Street, Chicago, IL, 60603.

The Mini-Convention will feature outstanding scientists presenting recent findings and discussing future directions in the neurobiology of drug abuse and addiction. The Mini-Convention includes: four symposia, the SfN Jacob Waletzky Memorial Lecture and a poster session for early career investigators. The symposia this year are:

• Non-Cannabinoid Receptor-Mediated Actions of Endo-Cannabinoids
• Delayed Neurobiological Plasticity in Drug Abuse and Chronic Pain
• Epigenetics, Central Nervous System Function and Disease
• Neurotrophic Factors and Drug Addiction