Reactive (swollen) astrocytes with enlarged cell body and double vesicular nuclei. This is a relatively rapid response to a wide range of brain stimuli (stress conditions).

WASAD Congress 2017

WASAD 2017 was an international congress focusing on all levels of stress and anxiety disorders on a translational and interdisciplinary level and organised by WASAD and the Collaborative Research Center SFB-TRR 58, Fear, Anxiety, Anxiety Disorders.

The congress was held in Würzburg from September 14-16, 2017, and attracted 240 clinicians, researchers, psychologists and health care professionals from 16 countries.

Keynote speakers 2017:

  • Kerry Ressler, USA
  • Claudia Buss, Germany
  • Rony Paz, Israel
  • Dominique de Quervain, Switzerland
  • Alon Chen, Germany

The scientific program of the congress with 25 scientific sessions including keynote lectures and plenary symposia was certified by the Bayerische Landesärztekammer (BLÄK) with 16 CME points.

Abstracts of the congress were published by SpringerNature in the October issue (2017) of the Journal of Neural Transmission.