Download Symposium 2008: Preliminary Program

THE 11TH ANNUAL INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM OF THE MERCK-FROSST /
CIHR OBESITY RESEARCH CHAIR
OBESITY IN A MODERN WORLD
WHEN PLEASURE MEETS HOMEOSTASIS
Wednesday Nov. 5, 2008, Québec
Auberge Saint-Antoine
Chaired by Denis Richard, Québec, Canada
Session 1: Neurosystems Linking Homeostatic and Hedonic Pathways Involved in Energy
Balance Regulation
Chair: Fulton, S (Canada)
8:30 Berthoud, HR (USA) — Appetite Control and Energy Balance Regulation in the Modern World—
Plenary
9:15 Leinninger, G (USA) — Leptin acts via neurotensin-containing lateral hypothalamic leptin receptor
neurons to regulate the mesolimbic dopamine system and feeding
10:15 DiMarzo, V (Italy)— Endocannabinoids and cannabinoid receptors 1 as a link between reward
and energy homeostasis
11:00 DiLeone R (USA): Integrating molecules and neural circuits controlling food intake and drug
addiction
11:45 Discussion
Session 2: From Taste to Reward, Motivation and Addiction.
Chair: Dagher, A (Canada)
1:30pm Simon, S (USA) — The gustatory system and multisensory integration
2:15pm Small, D (USA): Neurophysiological risk factors for overeating: Teasing apart cause and effect
by neuroimaging food reward
3:15pm Davis, C (Canada): Psychobiological Traits in the Risk Profile for Overeating and Weight Gain
4:00pm Levine, A (USA) —Reward system Regulation of Food Intake— Plenary
4:45pm Discussion