THE ARCUATE NUCLEUS: SENSOR OF TIME AND METABOLISM

Organizer Paul Pévet (NEUREX, Strasbourg, France)

REGISTRATION & MORE INFO: www.neurex.org or contact@neurex.org

>>> Thursday, May 31ST

09.00 – 09.30 Registration & Welcome Coffee

09.30 – 09.40 Welcome: Paul Pévet, Strasbourg, France

SESSION 1
CHAIRMAN: E. CHALLET (Strasbourg, France)

09.40 – 10.20 J.N. BETLEY (Virginia, US)
« THE ARCUATE NUCLEUS SENSES THE METABOLIC AND HORMONAL CHANGES OF THE BODY »

10.20 – 11.00 R.M. BUIJS (Mexico, Mexico)
« SUPRACHIASMATIC NUCLEUS TIMES THE ARCUATE NUCLEUS: ESSENTIAL FOR ORGANIZING PHYSIOLOGICAL RHYTHMS »

11.00 – 11.30 Coffee Break

11.30 – 12.10 A. KALSBEEK (Amsterdam, The Netherlands)
« GLUCOCORTICOID SIGNALING IN THE ARCUATE NUCLEUS MODULATES DAILY HEPATIC INSULIN SENSITIVITY »

12.10 – 12.50 V. PRÉVOT (Lille, France)
« FLIPPING THE TANYCYTE SWITCH: HOW CIRCULATING SIGNALS GAIN DIRECT ACCESS TO THE METABOLIC BRAIN »

12.50 – 13.50 Lunch break

SESSION 2
CHAIRMAN: V. PRÉVOT (Lille, France)

13.50 – 14.30 M.V. KOKOEVA (Montreal, Canada)
« ANATOMY OF THE LEPTIN SENSING »

14.30 – 15.10 S.G. BOURET (Lille, France)
« DEVELOPMENTAL PROGRAMMING OF THE ARCUATE NUCLEUS »

15.10 – 15.40 Coffee Break

15.40 – 16.20 M.T. TSCHÖP (Munich, Germany)
« ASTROCYT GLUCOSE SENSING IN ARCUATE NUCLEUAS INVOLVED IN POMC SIGNALING »

16.20 – 17.00 P. MOLLARD (Montpellier, France)
« DYNAMIC OF THE DIALOG BETWEEN THE ARCUATE NUCLEUS AND PORTAL VESSELS »

>>> Friday, June 1ST

SESSION 3
CHAIRMAN: R.M. BUIJS (Mexico, Mexico)

09.00 – 09.40 V. SIMONNEAUX (Strasbourg, France)
« A KISS IN THE ARCUATE NUCLEUS TO ADAPT REPRODUCTION TO SEASON »

09.40 – 10.20 P. MORGAN (Aberdeen, UK)
« PHOTOPERIODIC REGULATION OF TANYCYTES »

10.20 – 10.50 Coffee Break

10.50 – 11.30 H.W. KORF (Frankfurt, Germany)
« MELATONIN, MELATONIN RECEPTORS AND ARCUATE NUCLEUS »

11.30 – 12.10 P. PÉVET (Strasbourg, France)
« A MELATONIN INDEPENDENT PHOTOPERIODIC RESPONSE WITHIN THE ARCUATE NUCLEUS»

Practical information

Place

Collège Doctoral Européen
46, Boulevard de la Victoire
STRASBOURG