INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE IN CLINICAL NEUROSCIENCES:
DISORDERS OF SLEEP AND DISORDERS OF MIND: CAUSAL HYPOTHESES AND FACTS

Organized by the Psychiatric Branch, Institute of Biomedical Sciences,
University of Milan Medical School and San Paolo Hospital.

February 23rd and 24th 1998, Centro Congressi Palazzo delle Stelline, Corso
Magenta, Milano, Italy.

Chair of the Conference:        Silvio Scarone, M.D., Associate Professor of
Psychiatry and                                  Chairman of the Psychiatric Branch, San Paolo Hospital,
Milan

Organizing Committee:   Barbara Grassi, M.D.
                                Chiara Sanna-Passino, M.D.
                                Psychiatric Branch, Institute of Biomedical Sciences, University of                    
Milan Medical School and San Paolo Hospital
                                via A. di Rudin 8, 20142 Milano, Italy
                                Phone: 0039-2-8138017
                                Fax: 0039-2-8184517

Official languages:             Italian and English: simultaneous translation will be
provided

Sponsored by Pharmacia & Upjohn

List of speakers and chairmen:

GIUSEPPE BARBATO, M.D.          Department of Psychology, University of Napoli                          
                Federico II Medical School, Napoli, Italy

MARCO BATTAGLIA, M.D.           Vice-Chief, Anxiety Disorders Unit, IRCCS Hospital      
                                San Raffaele, Milano, Italy

CESARIO BELLANTUONO, M.D.       Associate Professor, Department of Psychiatry,
Hospital Policlinico Borgonovo, Verona, Italy

MATHIAS BERGER, M.D.            Professor and Chairman, Department of Psychiatry,                      
                University of Freiburg, Germany

GIOVANNI B. CASSANO, M.D.               Professor and Chairman, Department of
Psychiatry,                                             Pisa

FABIO CIRIGNOTTA, M.D.          Associate Professor of Neurology, Department of                        
                        Neurology, University of Bologna, Italy

GIORGIO COCCAGNA, M.D.          Professor of Neurology, University of Bologna                                  
        Medical School, Bologna, Italy

CRISTINA COLOMBO, M.D.          Vice-Chief, Mood Disorders Unit, IRCCS Hospital San
                                                Raffaele, Milano, Italy
LUIGI FERINI-STRAMBI, M.D.              Director, Sleep Disorders Center, IRCCS
Hospital San                                            Raffaele, Milano, Italy

ORSOLA GAMBINI, M.D.            Vice-Chief, Psychiatric Branch, Institute of
Biomedical                                              Sciences, San Paolo Hospital, Milano, Italy

MARIO GUAZZELLI, M.D.           Assistant Professor and Chief, Sleep Research Unit,
                                        Department of Psychiatry, University of Pisa, Italy

ALLAN J. HOBSON, M.D.                   Professor of Psychiatry and Director, Laboratory of
                                                Neurophysiology, Harvard Medical School, Boston,                                                USA

DAVID J. KUPFER, M.D.                   Professor and Chairman, Department of Psychiatry,      
                                University of Pittsburg School of Medicine, Pittsburg,                                          USA

VALENTINA LUCINI, M.D.          Psychiatric Branch, Institute of Biomedical
Sciences,                                               San Paolo Hospital, Milano, Italy

MAURO MANCIA, M.D.                      Professor and Chairman, Institute of Physiology,                                        
        University of Milan Medical School, Milano, Italy

GIOVANNI MUSCETTOLA, M.D.       Professor and Chairman, Department of Psychiatry,
                                                University of Napoli Medical School, Napoli, Italy

DAN OREN, M.D.          Associate Professor of Psychiatry, Yale University School
of Medicine, New Heaven, USA

ANTONIO PECILE, M.D.                    Professor of Pharmacology, Department of                                                        
Pharmacology, University of Milan Medical School,                                               Milano, Italy

FRANCO M. PUCA, M.D.                    Professor of Neurology and Chairman, Department of      
                                Neurology, University of Bari School of Medicine,                                                       Bari, Italy

GIORGIO RACAGNI, Ph.D           Professor of Pharmacology and Chairman, Institute of
                                                Pharmacology University of Milan, Milano, Italy

ROMOLO ROSSI, M.D.                      Professor and Chairman, Department of Psychiatry,                              
        University of Genova Medical School, Genova, Italy

EMILIO SACCHETTI, M.D.          Professor of Psychiatry, University of Brescia
Medical                                                 School, Brescia, Italy

SILVIO SCARONE, M.D.                    Associate Professor of Psychiatry and Chairman,                                
                Psychiatric Branch, Institute of Biomedical Sciences,                                           University of
Milan Medical School and San Paolo                                                      Hospital, Milano, Italy

ROSALIA SILVESTRI, M.D.         Associate Professor of Neurology, University of                
                                Messina Medical School, Messina, Italy

ENRICO SMERALDI, M.D.           Professor and Chairman, Department of Psychiatry,              
                        University of Milan Medical School and IRCCS                                                    Hospital San
Raffaele, Milano, Italy

SALVATORE SMIRNE, M.D.          Associate Professor of Neurology and Chairman,                          
                Department of Neurology, University of Milan Medical                                            School and
IRCCS Hospital San Raffaele, Milano,                                                    Italy

GIOVANNI TERZANO, M.D.          Associate Professor of Neurology and Director,
Sleep                                           Disorders Center, Department of Neurology,                                                      University of
Parma School of Medicine, Parma, Italy

GERALD W. VOGEL, M.D.           Emeritus Professor of Psychiatry, Emory University      
                                School of Medicine, Atlanta, USA

MARCO ZUCCONI, M.D.                     Department of Neurology and Sleep Disorders Center,    
                                IRCCS Hospital San Raffaele, Milano, Italy