Neuropeptides and Behavior -- Evolution of neuropeptide concepts illustrated by MIF-1 and MSH -- Increased leptin supply to hypothalamus by gene therapy confers life-long benefits on energy homeostasis, disease cluster of metabolic syndrome- diabetes type 1 and 2, dyslipidemia and cardiovascular ailments- and bone remodeling -- Feeding regulation in the brain: Involvement of Neuropeptide W -- Feeding regulation in the brain: Role of galanin-like peptide (GALP) -- Neuropeptides, Bioamines, and Clinical Implications -- Neuropeptide Y and its Role in Anxiety-related Disorders -- The search for a fetal origin for autism: Evidence of aberrant brain development in a rat model of autism produced by prenatal exposure to valproate -- Sexually dimorphism and social brain circuit: Its implication to Autism -- Functional Mapping of Sensory and Motor Brain Activity -- Stimulating Music: Combining Melodic Intonation Therapy with Transcranial DC Stimulation to Facilitate Speech Recovery after Stroke -- Serotonin release acts on 5-HT2 receptors in the dorsomedial medulla oblongata to elicit airway dilation in mice -- Breathing is to live, to smell and to feel -- Role of the medial frontal wall for readiness of motor execution -- Poster Presentations -- Ryanodine receptor type 1 / calcium release channel in the endoplasmic reticulum as the target of nitric oxide to cause the intracellular calcium signaling -- Decreased sensitivity to negative facial emotions and limbic lesions in patients with myotonic dystrophy type 1 -- Generation of Rac1 conditional mutant mice by Cre/loxP system -- Orexin modulates neuronal activities of mesencephalic trigeminal sensory neurons in rats -- Investigation of the anxiolytic effects of Kampo formulation, Kamishoyosan, used for treating menopausal psychotic syndromes in women -- Activation of Microglia Induced Learning and Memory Deficits -- Increased behavioral activity with regular circadian rhythm in PACAP specific receptor (PAC1) transgenic mice -- Expression and localization of pituitary adenylate cyclase-activating polypeptide (PACAP) specific receptor (PAC1R) after traumatic brain injury in mice.