Bristol II - The paraventricular nucleus in health and disease

Sunday 12th July 2009

09:00 to 17:30

Lecture Theatres A and B Dorothy Hodgkin Building, Whitson Street, Bristol. BS1 3NY

Organised by:

Julian Paton (Bristol), David Murphy (Bristol), Mike Ludwig (Edinburgh)

Confirmed speakers

• Colin Sumners (Gainsville) Regulatory problems in the PVN: role in cardiovascular and fluid homeostasis;


• Roger Adan (Utrecht) Effect of long term modification of NPY and melanocortin receptor activity in the PVN on energy balance;


• Willis Samson (St Louis) Bioinformatic peptide discovery and PVN function;


• Song Yao (Bristol) Changes in PVN global gene expression patterns in chronic heart failure;


• Charles Bourque (Montreal) Sensory phenotypes of magnocellular neurons: role of TRPV channel;


• Jaideep Bains (Calgary) Stress and synaptic plasticity in the PVN;


• Debora Colombari (Sao Paulo) Dehydration switches emphasis from the PVN to the medulla oblongata for the maintenance of sympathetic nerve activity;


• Glenn Toney (San Antonio) Cardiovascular Disease: How different are PVN and RVLM neuronal adaptations?


• Joseph Francis (Baton Rouge) The role of paraventricular cytokines in heart failure and hypertension;


• Giles Yeo (Cambridge) Role of the PVN in control of food intake and body-weight;


• Scott Young (Bethesda) Highlights and Difficulties with Knockout Mice of the Neurohypophysial Hormone Receptors


• William Rostene (Paris) Chemokine regulation of vasopressin neurons;


• Charles Hindmarch (Bristol) The PVN transcriptome;


• Steve Lolait (Bristol) G protein-coupled receptors in the PVN; focus on the novel oestrogen receptor GPR30;

Discussants

Mohan Raizada (Gainsville), Alastair Ferguson (Kingston), Nina Japundzic-Zigon (Belgrade), Stafford Lightman (Bristol)

Registration is free. More details and information can be found at our website http://www.bris.ac.uk/clinicalsciencesouth/hwline/symposium

Bristol II will take place directly after Physiology 2009, the main annual meeting of the Physiological Society, which will take place in Dublin between Monday July 6th and July 10th 2009 (http://www.physiology2009.org).

Bristol is easily accessible, with flights from many European hubs, as well as a direct connection to North America via Newark on Continental. Ryanair (www.ryanair.com) operate several (cheap!) flights per day between Bristol and Dublin.

Sponsored by:

The Wellcome Trust, The British Neuroendocrine Society, The Physiological Society, The University of Florida, The Open Neuroendocrinology Journal.