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 2021

WASAD 2021 was the 3rd International congress of WASAD and was held as an onsite event with virtual elements in Vienna, Austria, from September 20-22, 2021. Despite ongoing restrictions related to the COVID-19 pandemic, the congress attracted 170 clinicians, researchers, psychologists and health care professionals from 21 countries.

Keynote speakers 2021:

  • Mustafa al´Absi, Minnesota, USA
  • Dan Rujescu, Vienna, Austria
  • Meichun Mohler-Kuo, Zurich, Switzerland

The scientific program of the congress with 20 scientific sessions including keynote lectures and plenary symposia was certified by the Austrian "Akademie der Ärzte" with 29 DFP points.

Abstracts of the congress are published by SpringerNature in the November issue (2021) of the Journal of Neural Transmission.