1. Creativity and aging

   • F. M. Antonini
   • S. Magnolfi

   Opening Lecture 28 December 2013 Pages: 1 - 4

2. Aspects of the central nervous drive to growth hormone secretion during aging

   • E. E. Müller
   • S. G. Cella
   • D. Cocchi

   Invited Lecture 28 December 2013 Pages: 7 - 8

3. Hyperactivity of the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis in aging: a gerogenetic or an adaptive factor?

   • L. Angelucci

   Invited Lecture 28 December 2013 Pages: 9 - 10

4. Melatonin and aging: facts and artifacts

   • Y. Touitou

   Invited Lecture 28 December 2013 Pages: 11 - 11

5. Neurosteroids: a role in aging? New functions in the central and peripheral nervous systems

   • E. E. Baulieu

   Invited Lecture 28 December 2013 Pages: 12 - 12

6. Estrogens as neuromodulators

   • F. Petraglia
   • M. Stomati
   • A. R. Genazzani

   Invited Lecture 28 December 2013 Pages: 13 - 14

7. Neuroendocrine responses to exercise in healthy elderly humans and aging rats

   • David T. Lowenthal
   • S. E. Borst
   • M. L. Pollock

   Invited Lecture 28 December 2013 Pages: 15 - 16

8. Peptides, memory, food intake and aging

   • John E. Morley
   • J. F. Flood
   • V. B. Kumar

   Invited Lecture 28 December 2013 Pages: 17 - 18

9. Altered pulsatile and coordinate secretion of pituitary hormones in aging: evidence of feedback disruption

   • J. D. Veldhuis

   Invited Lecture 28 December 2013 Pages: 19 - 20

10. Neuroendocrine circadian rhythms in aging

    • E. Ferrari
    • M. Locatelli
    • S. B. Solerte

    Invited Lecture 28 December 2013 Pages: 21 - 22

11. The aging immune system: subsets, signals, and survival

    • R. A. Miller

    Invited Lecture 28 December 2013 Pages: 23 - 24

12. Neuroendocrine and immune responses to stress in aging

    • G. P. Chrousos

    Invited Lecture 28 December 2013 Pages: 25 - 25

13. Neurochemical, immunological and pharmacological assessments in a transgenic mouse model of the endocrine changes in depression

    • B. Marchetti
    • M. C. Morale
    • N. Barden

    Invited Lecture 28 December 2013 Pages: 26 - 27

14. Zinc, nervous system and aging

    • N. Fabris

    Invited Lecture 28 December 2013 Pages: 28 - 29

15. Stress, inflammation and natural immunity in the aging process: a new theory

    • C. Franceschi
    • E. Ottaviani

    Invited Lecture 28 December 2013 Pages: 30 - 31

16. Variability of natural killer (NK) cell immune function in normal aging and senile dementia: pathophysiological implications

    • S. B. Solerte
    • M. Fioravanti
    • E. Ferrari

    Invited Lecture 28 December 2013 Pages: 32 - 33

17. Immune aspects in elderly depression: peripheral blood mononuclear cell responses to mitogen stimulation and cytokine plasma concentrations

    • F. Brambilla
    • M. Maggioni
    • P. Sacerdote

    Invited Lecture 28 December 2013 Pages: 34 - 35

18. ADH and oxytocin in age-related minor cognitive impairment

    • J. J. Legros

    Invited Lecture 28 December 2013 Pages: 36 - 37

19. The neuropathogenesis of delirium

    • S. T. O’Keeffe

    Invited Lecture 28 December 2013 Pages: 38 - 39

20. The HPA-system in late-life depression

    • I. Heuser

    Invited Lecture 28 December 2013 Pages: 40 - 41

21. Problems of eating and appetite control in the elderly

    • J. E. Blundell
    • C. J. Lawton
    • N. J. King

    Invited Lecture 28 December 2013 Pages: 42 - 42

22. Effects of aging on energy balance — intake and expenditure

    • E. B. Feldman

    Invited Lecture 28 December 2013 Pages: 43 - 44

23. Dietary patterns and cognitive functions in elderly subjects

    • A. Capurso
    • V. Solfrizzi
    • G. Misciagna

    Invited Lecture 28 December 2013 Pages: 45 - 47

24. Neuropeptides vasopressin (AVP), oxytocin (OXT) and corticotropin-releasing hormone (CRH) in the human hypothalamus: activity changes in aging, Alzheimer’s disease and depressions

    • P. J. Lucassen
    • F. J. H. Tilders
    • D. F. Swaab

    Invited Lecture 28 December 2013 Pages: 48 - 50

25. Oxidative stress and dementia: new perspectives in AD pathogenesis

    • P. Mecocci
    • A. Cherubini
    • U. Senin

    Invited Lecture 28 December 2013 Pages: 51 - 52

26. Biochemical and cerebral morphometric correlates of physiological aging and senile dementia

    • F. Magri
    • F. Terenzi
    • E. Ferrari

    Invited Lecture 28 December 2013 Pages: 53 - 54

27. Peripheral markers of Alzheimer’s disease

    • J. P. Blassa
    • G. E. Gibson
    • K- F. R. Sheu

    OriginalPaper 28 December 2013 Pages: 55 - 56

28. Testing pathophysiological hypotheses of Alzheimer’s disease and pharmacological modulation of amyloid precursor protein metabolism: the contribution from the studies on cultured fibroblasts from affected donors

    • M. Racchi
    • L. Gasparini
    • S. Govoni

    OriginalPaper 28 December 2013 Pages: 57 - 58

29. Estrogen-induced hypothalamic synaptic plasticity

    • L. M. Garcia-Segura

    OriginalPaper 28 December 2013 Pages: 59 - 59

30. Age-related changes in gonadotropin secretion

    • W. G. Rossmanith

    OriginalPaper 28 December 2013 Pages: 60 - 61

31. Melatonin in aged women. Possible modulation by estrogens

    • A. Cagnacci
    • S. Arangino
    • A. Volpe

    OriginalPaper 28 December 2013 Pages: 62 - 63

32. Aging female brain: is there a change of adaptive stress?

    • R. E. Nappi
    • A. Costa
    • S. Rivest

    OriginalPaper 28 December 2013 Pages: 64 - 65

33. Post-menopausal changes and dementing illness: Ovarian steroids as the causal link?

    • A. Costa
    • R. E. Nappi
    • G. Nappi

    OriginalPaper 28 December 2013 Pages: 66 - 67

34. Melanocortins, neural plasticity and aging

    • W. H. Gispen
    • B. M. Spruijt

    BriefCommunication 28 December 2013 Pages: 68 - 68

35. Pituitary-adrenal responses to dexamethasone and CRH administration in patients with untreated Parkinson’s disease

    • E. Martignoni
    • A. Costa
    • G. Nappi

    BriefCommunication 28 December 2013 Pages: 69 - 70

36. DHEA replacement therapy for human aging: a call for perspective

    • G. Valenti

    BriefCommunication 28 December 2013 Pages: 71 - 72

37. Growth hormone treatment in aging: state of the art and perspectives

    • A. Giustina
    • P. Desenzani
    • P. Perini

    BriefCommunication 28 December 2013 Pages: 73 - 74

38. Neurotrophic factors, neuroprotection and hypothalamic function

    • M. A. Sortino
    • P. L. Canonico

    BriefCommunication 28 December 2013 Pages: 75 - 76

39. Senile osteoporosis: pathophysiology and therapeutic perspectives

    • G. C. Isaia
    • M. Di Stefano
    • C. Roggia

    BriefCommunication 28 December 2013 Pages: 77 - 78