Thursday, 27th September Neuropathophysiology - an ISH satellite 2012

• The obesity paradox - John Dixon
• Obesity and sympathetic activity - insights from clinical studies - Elisabeth Lambert
• Resistin, a novel adipokine, increases renal SNA and reduces BAT SNA using PI 3-kinase or ERK 1/2 mediated mechanisms. - Emilio Badoer
• Acute high fat diet activates central melanocortin pathways contributing to obesity related  hypertension - Benjamin Barzel
• Obesity promotes vascular sympathetic hyperinnervation associated with oxidative stress and inflammation - Rebecca E Haddock

• Renal denervation for hypertension five years on: "the end of the beginning" - Murray Esler
• A sympathetic view of stress-related illness - Gavin Lambert
• Cardiovascular responses to chronic stress in angiotensin-II induced hypertension: a role for the paraventricular nucleus of the hypothalamus - Pamela J Davern
• Defensive active coping facilitates chronic hyperglycemia and structural endothelial dysfunction in African men: the SABPA study. - Leoné Malan
• Individual differences in the cardiovascular responses to tonic muscle pain: parallel increases or decreases in muscle sympathetic nerve activity, blood pressure, and heart rate - Vaughan G Macefield
• Contribution of central angiotensin to the cardiovascular response to aversive stress. - Geoffrey A Head

• Blood pressure and risk of stroke - Peter Rothwell
• Understanding the neurochemical phenotype of angiotensin type 1A receptor expressing neurons in the mouse brain. - Andrew M Allen
• The role of renal sympathetic overactivity in salt-sensitive hypertension - Toshiro Fujita
• Sodium handling in hypertension: Clinical relevance for antihypertensive strategies - Roland Schmieder
• Catecholamines in the mPFC and NAc alter thermogenic and cardiorespiratory function - Sarah F Hassan
• Contribution of central AT₁ receptors to neurogenic hypertension in Schlager BPH/2J mice - Kristy L Jackson

• Hierarchy in autonomic control - Robin McAllen
• Stress induced cardiovascular response and the two defense areas in the brain - Jouji Horiuchi
• Targeting the AT1 receptors in the RVLM for therapeutic aspects - Yoshitaka Hirooka
• The contribution of orexin in the cardiovascular response of stress - Pascal Carrive
• Do inhibitory neuropeptides tonically regulate select sympathetic outflows? - Ann Goodchild

Cairns Zoo, buses will depart Novotel Palm Cove at 6.45pm to transfer delegates to the Cairns Zoo. The return bus transfer is included in the dinner ticket.