How does stress affect the brain during early development and as adults? How do changes in the brain in turn affect the body? Dr. Bruce McEwen is a neuroscientist and neuroendocrinologist with The Rockefeller University. He will discuss how chronic stress affects the brain and how the brain and body communicate this imbalance through hormonal and neural pathways. While the need for early prevention of stress is clear, research is hopeful that new therapeutic avenues will come from taking a more holistic approach and considering these brain-body interactions.