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THURSDAY, AUGUST 1, 2013


CONFERENCE  DAY 3 

8:30 - 10:30 AM
SYMPOSIUM

NITA SYMPOSIUM
Chair/Organizer: Barry Levin
Salons 3 & 4

8:30
Mechanisms underlying metabolic risk of passively coping prenatally stressed rats.
GJ BOERSMA, ZA CORDNER, AA MOGHADAM, TH MORAN, KL TAMASHIRO. Psychiatry& Behavioral Sciences, Johns Hopkins Univ,, Baltimore, MD, United States

8:45
Optogenetic enhancement of food ‘liking’ versus ‘wanting’ in the ventral pallidum hotspot and lateral hypothalamus.
DC CASTRO, KC BERRIDGE. University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, United States

9:00
The role of central angiotensin type-1a receptors in energy balance and blood pressure regulation
AD DE KLOET1, L WANG2, H HILLER2, SC WOODS3, C SUMNERS1, EG KRAUSE1. 1Dept of Physiology, Gainesville, FL, United States2Dept of Pharmacodynamics, Univ of Florida, Gainesville, FL, United States3Dept of Psychiatry, Univ of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH, United States

9:15
Satiating meals differentially activate prolactin-releasing peptide (PrRP)-positive noradrenergic (NA) neurons in the caudal nucleus of the solitary tract (NST) in rats
AD KREISLER, EA DAVIS, L RINAMAN. University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, United States

9:30
Sex-dependent effects of prenatal immune challenge on energy balance across aging
MA LABOUESSE1, J RICHETTO2, MA RIVA2, W LANGHANS1, U MEYER1. 1Physiology and Behavior Laboratory, ETH Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland2Department of Pharmacological and Biomolecular Sciences, University of Milan, Milan, Italy

9:45
Gastrointestinal Satiation Signals in Healthy Obese Persons
AC MEYER-GERSPACH, B WÖLNERHANSSEN, RE STEINERT, C BEGLINGER. Department of Biomedicine, University Hospital, Basel, Switzerland

10:00
Amylin receptor signaling in the VTA controls food intake and motivation to obtain palatable food
EG MIETLICKI-BAASE1, JJ CONE2, LE RUPPRECHT1, DR OLIVOS1, MD ALTER1, RC PIERCE1, HD SCHMIDT1, MF ROITMAN2, MR HAYES1. 1Psychiatry, U Penn, Philadelphia, PA, United States2Neuroscience, UIC, Chicago, IL, United States

10:15
Amygdala response to food cues in the absence of hunger predicts weight change.
X SUN1, MG VELDHUIZEN1,2, AE WRAY2, IE DE ARAUJO1,2, DM SMALL1,2. 1The J.B. Pierce Laboratory, New Haven, CT, United States2Yale University, New Haven, CT, United States

10:30 - 11:00 AM
BREAK

BREAK
Salon 1

11:00 - 12:00 PM
LECTURE

MARS LECTURE 2: DECIPHERING A NEURAL CIRCUIT THAT MEDIATES ANOREXIA
Chair/Organizer: Mitch Roitman
Salons 3 & 4

11:00
 Deciphering a Neural Circuit that Mediates Anorexia
R PALMITER. University of Washington, Seattle, WA, United States

12:00 - 1:30 PM
LUNCH SESSION

AJINOMOTO LUNCHEON SYMPOSIUM
Chair/Organizer: Anthony Sclafani
Roosevelt Ballroom

12:00
Psychobiology of overeating: interactions between individual susceptibility, taste and appetite control
Graham Finlayson. Institute of Psychological Sciences

12:45
Neurobehavioral basis of eating and food choice: innovative approaches
Miguel Alonso-Alonso. Harvard Medical School

12:00 - 1:30 PM
LUNCH ON OWN

LUNCH ON OWN
Lunch on Own

1:30 - 3:30 PM
SYMPOSIUM

SYMPOSIUM 3: BEHAVIORAL ECONOMICS AND FOOD REINFORCEMENT
Chair/Organizer: Michelle Lee
Salons 3 & 4

1:30
Behavior economics of food and beverage reinforcement in adults and children
JL TEMPLE. Universuty at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY, United States

2:00
PUTTING THE ENVIRONMENT BACK INTO THE NEUROBIOLOGY OF FEEDING
N.E. ROWLAND. University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, United States

2:30
Food Choice and Behavior in the Marketplace
DR JUST. Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, United States

3:00
Pharmacological manipulations of neural responses to food stimuli in humans
PC FLETCHER. University of Cambridge United Kingdom

1:30 - 3:30 PM
ORAL SESSION

ORAL SESSION 4: MACRONUTRIENT SENSING
Chair/Organizer: Chris Morrison
Salons 5

1:30
  Role of VMH CD36-Mediated Fatty Acid Sensing in Energy and Glucose Homeostasis Regulation in DIO and DR Rats.
C LE FOLL1, AA DUNN-MEYNELL2, S MOUSATOV3, BE LEVIN1,2. 1Dept Neurology and Neurosciences, NJ Med School, Newark, NJ, United States2VA Medical Center, East Orange, NJ, United States3Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, NY, United States

1:45
Restoring gastrointestinal lipid sensing recovers dopamine signaling in high-fat fed mice
LA TELLEZ1,2, S MEDINA1, JG FERREIRA1,2, X REN1,2, W HAN1,2, GJ SCHWARTZ3, IE DE ARAUJO1,2. 1The John B Pierce Laboratory , New Haven, CT, United States2Psychiatry, Yale Univ. Sch. of Med, New Haven, CT, United States3Albert Einstein Col. of Medicine, Yeshiva Univ, New York, NY

2:00
Dissection of the neural mechanism underlying the sensing of sugars in Drosophila
M. DUS, G. SUH. Molecular Neurobiology Program, Skirball Institute of Biomolecular Medicine, NYU School of Medicine NY, United States

2:15
How does monosodium glutamate interact with macronutrients to influence appetite and subsequent intake?
U MASIC, M.R. YEOMANS. University of Sussex, Brighton, United Kingdom

2:30
Behavioral Assessment of the Detection of Glutamate Stimuli in Mice Lacking T1R2 and T1R3.
KR SMITH, AC SPECTOR. Dept of Psychology, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL, United States

2:45
Effects of intraduodenal L-tryptophan (L-Trp) infusions on energy intake, antropyloroduodenal (APD) motility, glycemia, insulinemia and plasma glucagon-like peptide-1 (GLP-1) concentrations in healthy men
RE STEINERT, ND LUSCOMBE-MARSH, TJ LITTLE, T FATEHI, S STANDFIELD, M HOROWITZ, C FEINLE-BISSET. University of Adelaide Discipline of Medicine and Centre of Research Excellence (CRE) in Translating Nutritional Science to Good Health, Adelaide, Australia

3:00
Load-dependent effects of oral protein on gastric emptying, glycemia, appetite and energy intake in healthy men
AT RYAN1, D GENTILCORE2, M HOROWITZ1, C FEINLE-BISSET1, ND LUSCOMBE-MARSH1. 1University of Adelaide, Discipline of Medicine, Adelaide, Australia2University of South Australia, Adelaide, Australia

3:15
Elucidating the neural circuitry linking gastrointestinal fat sensing to action selection and reward
I E DE ARAUJO1,2, J G FERREIRA1,2, L A TELLEZ1,2, S J SHAMMAH-LAGNADO3. 1The J.B. Pierce Laboratory, New Haven, CT, United States2Department of Psychiatry Yale University, New Haven, CT, United States3Department of Physiology, São Paulo, Brazil

3:30 - 4:00 PM
BREAK

BREAK
Salon 1

4:00 - 6:00 PM
SYMPOSIUM

SYMPOSIUM 4: INVERTEBRATE MODELS IN FEEDING
Chair/Organizer: Derek Daniels
Salons 3 & 4

4:00
Regulation of feeding in Drosophila melanogaster
K SCOTT. 1, Berkeley, CA, United States

4:30
Synphilin-1 alters metabolic homeostasis in a novel Drosophila obesity model
WW SMITH1, J LIU1, R MA1, D YANG1, T LI1, TH MORAN2. 1Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Maryland School of Pharmacy, Baltimore, MD, United States2Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, United States

5:00
INTERNAL NUTRIENT SENSING BY A DROSOPHILA FRUCTOSE RECEPTOR
T MIYAMOTO, D MISHRA, A YAVUZ, H AMREIN. Department of Molecular and Cellular Medicine, Texas A&M Health Science Center, College Station, TX, United States

5:30
Taste-independent Nutrient Selection is mediated by a Brain-specific Na+/solute cotransporter-like in Drosophila
M DUS, M AI, GSB SUH. Skirball Institute/ NYU, New York, NY, United States

4:00 - 6:00 PM
ORAL SESSION

ORAL SESSION 5: EARLY-LIFE INFLUENCES IN INGESTIVE BEHAVIOR
Chair/Organizer: Jennifer Temple
Salons 5

4:00
Selective Defects in Arcuate Nucleus (ARC) Leptin Signaling in P4 and P7 DIO Rats
MD JOHNSON1, BE LEVIN1,2. 1Grad Sch Biomed Sci, Dept Neurol & Neurosci, NJ Med Sch, UMDNJ, Newark, NJ, United States2VA Med Ctr , E. Orange, NJ, United States

4:15
Rat pups of dams maintained on a high-fat diet display early independent feeding
S KOJIMA, L RINAMAN. University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, United States

4:30
MATERNAL CONSUMPTION OF DIETARY FAT STIMULATES CENTRAL CHOLINERGIC ACTIVITY AND NICOTINE REWARD IN OFFSPRING
I MORGANSTERN, O LUKATSKAYA, S-H MOON, W-R GUO, O KARATAYEV, SF LEIBOWITZ. Laboratory of Behavioral Neurobiology, Rockefeller University, New York, NY, United States

4:45
Maternal hyperleptinemia alters anorexigenic innervation of hypothalamic paraventricular nucleus in male offspring
RL LESHAN1, G CECCARINI1,2, DW PFAFF1. 1The Rockefeller University, New York, NY, United States2University Hospital of Pisa, Pisa, Italy

5:00
Prenatal exposure to dietary fat induces changes in the transcription factors, TEF and YAP, which may stimulate differentiation of hypothalamic peptide neurons
K POON, S MANDAVA, K CHEN, SF LEIBOWITZ. The Rockefeller University, New York, NY, United States

5:15
A one-session attention modification training to decrease overeating in obese children
K BOUTELLE1, J KUCKERTZ1,2, J CARLSON1, N AMIR2. 1UCSD, San Diego, CA, United States2SDSU, San Diego, CA, United States

5:30
Effects of restriction on children’s intake differ by child regulatory and appetitive tendencies
BY ROLLINS1,2, E LOKEN2, JS SAVAGE1, LL BIRCH1,2. 1Center for Childhood Obesity Research, Penn State University, University Park, PA, United States2Health and Human Development, Penn State University, University Park, PA, United States

5:45
Effect of child’s gender on mother’s food choices: a virtual reality-based buffet
S BOUHLAL1, C MCBRIDE1, D WARD2, S PERSKY1. 1Social and Behavioral Research Branch, NIH/NHGRI, Bethesda, MD, United States2Department of Nutrition, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC, United States

6:30 - 8:30 PM
POSTER

POSTER SESSION II
Salon 1

39
Drosophila prandial behavior—a new paradigm for invertebrate feeding
KR MURPHY2, JL WEISSBACH1,2, CF TRIVIGNO1, A AMADOR1, BE HUNTER3, M MADRIGAL3, KD DAWSON-SCULLY2, WW JA1. 1The Scripps Research Institute, Jupiter, FL, United States2Florida Atlantic University, Jupiter, FL, United States3California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA, United States

40
Commensal E. coli increase affinity of alpha-MSH-reactive immunoglobulins in rats
N TENNOUNE, W OUELAA, J BRETON, R LEGRAND, N LUCAS, P DECHELOTTE, SO FETISSOV. Nutrition, Gut & Brain Laboratory, Inserm U1073, Rouen University, Rouen, France

41
Antagonism of CRF type 1 receptors does not alter appetite following exposure to an acute stressor
CJ MOORE1, D TOUFEXIS2,1, ME WILSON1. 1Yerkes Natl. Primate Res. Center, Emory Univ., Atlanta, GA, United States2Univ. of Vermont, Burlington, VT, United States

42
CaCo-2 cells have a higher fatty acid oxidation (FAO) capacity than HuTu-80 or HepG2 cells
R CLARA, W LANGHANS, A MANSOURI. Physiology and Behavior Laboratory, ETH Zurich, Schwerzenbach,, Switzerland

43
RATE OF ADAPTATION OF MICE TO UNIT PRICE CHANGE IN FOOD ACROSS REPEATED CYCLES
V MINERVINI, E TSISKAKIS, K.L. ROBERTSON, A. GIDDINGS, Z. KHAN, N.E. ROWLAND. University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, United States

44
DEMAND FUNCTIONS OF MICE FOR A CELLULOSE-DILUTED DIET: IMPLICATIONS FOR OPTIMAL FORAGING. 
A.M. GIDDINGS, N.E. ROWLAND, K.L. ROBERTSON, V. MINERVINI, J.L. HARP, Z. KHAN. University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, United States

45
Does muscle communicate with the CNS via a mechanism similar to adipose – leptin signaling?
R.J. R.J. MARTIN, JR1, B.D WHITE2, M.J. AZAIN3, G.L. EDWARDS3, C.D. MORRISON4. 11Western Human Nutrition Research Center , Davis , CA, United States2Auburn University, Auburn, AL, United States33University of Georgia, Athens, GA, United States43University of Georgia, Athenes, GA, United States54Pennington Biomedical Research Center, aton Rouge, LA, United States

46
The GLP-1 receptor antagonist exendin9-39 fails to increase food intake in healthy men
RE STEINERT1, J SCHIRRA2, AC MEYER-GERSPACH1, C BEGLINGER1. 1University Hospital , Basel, Switzerland2Ludwig Maximilian University, Munich, Germany

47
Effect of macronutrient composition of breakfast on total daily intake of calories among adults with type 2 diabetes
S JARVANDI, S RACETTE, M SCHOOTMAN. Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO, United States

48
Developing and Testing a Smartphone Based Attentive Eating Intervention
E ROBINSON, S HIGGS, AJ DALEY, K JOLLY, D LYCETT, A LEWIS, P AVEYARD. University of Birmingham, Birmingham, United Kingdom

49
DO BREAKFAST SKIPPERS EXHIBIT AN ALTERED PATTERN OF CIRCULATING CORTISOL THAT PROMOTES OVEREATING AT A SNACK BUFFET? 
MG WITBRACHT1, AM WIDAMAN1, SM FORESTER1, WF HORN2, KD LAUGERO1,2, NL KEIM1,2. 1Department of Nutrition, University of California Davis, Davis, CA, United States2USDA, ARS, Western Human Nutrition Research Center, Davis, CA, United States

50
Effects of sugar content on neural responsivity during ingestion of palatable foods.  
SN DURANT, KS BURGER, E STICE. Oregon Research Institute, Eugene, OR, United States

51
Sensory properties and novelty as factors influencing the efficacy of leptin and ghrelin in the control of high-fat diet intake
E LEIDMAA, AV PATCHEV, A PISSIOTI, M HARB, OFX ALMEIDA. Max Planck Institue of Psychiatry, Munich, Germany

53
Leptin Alterations in Eating Disorders: Associations with Food Intake and Clinical Features in Bulimia Nervosa and Purging Disorder
LP BODELL1, LA ECKEL1, LM MCCORMICK2, DC JIMERSON3, 4, PK KEEL1. 1Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL, United States2University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, United States3Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, MA, United States4Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, United States

54
Binge-like sugar overconsumption is mediated by ghrelin signaling in the ventral midbrain in mice
Y YASOSHIMA, T SHIMURA. Division of Behavioral Physiology, Department of Behavioral Sciences, Graduate School of Human Sciences, Osaka University, Suita, Japan

55
Nutrient Deficiencies Exacerbate Addiction-Like Behaviors in Rat
CB JENNEY1, DN ALEXANDER1, EL UNGER2, BC JONES3, PS GRIGSON1. 1Neural and Behavioral Sciences, College of Medicine, The Pennsylvania State University, Hershey, PA, United States2Nutritional Sciences, The Pennsylvania State University, State College, PA, United States3Biobehavioral Sciences, The Pennsylvania State University, State College, PA, United States

56
Peripheral Glucagon-Like Peptide 1 Levels in Purging Disorder and Bulimia Nervosa
AM DOSSAT1, 2, DL WILLIAMS1,2 , LA ECKEL1,2 , PK KEEL1. 1Department of Psychology, Tallahassee, FL, United States2Program in Neuroscience, Tallahassee, FL, United States

57
The impact of weight cycling on caloric intake and bingeing.
S.B. OGDEN, B. JAMESON, L.A. ECKEL. Program in Neuroscience, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL, United States

58
The Effects of Leptin on the Neuronal Circuitry of Rats in an Activity-Based Anorexia Paradigm
J ALBERTZ, G BOERSMA, K TAMASHIRO, TH MORAN. 1, Baltimore, MD, United States

59
Brief intermittent access to banana-flavored candy did not induce binge-like behavior in marmoset monkeys (Callithrix penicillata)
AC BORGES, RBM DUARTE, JR COSTA, AGL JESUS, M BARROS. Universidade de Brasília, Brasília, Brazil

61
ANTERIOR THALAMIC PARAVENTRICULAR NUCLEUS IS INVOLVED IN INTERMITTENT ACCESS ETHANOL DRINKING: ROLE OF THE OREXIN 2 RECEPTOR
JR BARSON, SF LEIBOWITZ. The Rockefeller University, New York, NY, United States

62
 The antipsychotic Olanzapine reduces insulin sensitivity and increases hepatic polyol pathway related proteins.
SS EVERS1, KA PAAL2, N GOVORUKHINA2, PL HORVATOVICH2, G VAN DIJK1, RPH BISCHOFF2, AJW SCHEURINK1. 1Dept. of Neuroendocrinology, University of Groningen, Groningen, Netherlands2Dept. of Analytical Biochemistry, University of Groningen, Groningen, Netherlands

63
Parabrachial Nucleus Contributions to Benzodiazepine Hyperphagia
JP BAIRD1, J SWICK1, S DIXIT1, J SCOTT1, DL PITTMAN2. 1Amherst College, Amherst, MA, United States2Wofford College, Spartanburg, SC, United States

64
FEMALE MICE HAVE INELASTIC FOOD DEMAND RELATIVE TO MALES: ROLE FOR ESTROGEN RECEPTOR-ALPHA
N.E. ROWLAND, K.L. ROBERTSON, V. MINERVINI, T.C. FOSTER, A.M. GIDDINGS, J.L. HARP, Z. KHAN. University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, United States

65
Sex differences in exercise induced novel palatable diet avoidance in Sprague Dawley rats
N-C. LIANG, L. MOODY, J. LIANG, T.H. MORAN. Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, The Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, United States

66
Estradiol administration regulates hypothalamic expression of QRFP and QRFP-induced food intake
KP ARCENEAUX2, A MOUTON1, MJ BARNES2, SD PRIMEAUX1,2. 1LSU Health Sciences Center, New Orleans, LA, United States2Pennington Biomedical Research Center, Baton Rouge, LA, United States

67
Roux-en-Y gastric bypass (RYGB), but not estradiol (E2), increases the density of PYY cells in the common channel of ovariectomized (OVX) rats
T BACHLER1, M BUETER3, TA LUTZ1,2, L ASARIAN1,2. 1Inst. of Vet. Physiol., Zurich, Switzerland2Zurich Center for Integrative Human Physiol., Univ. of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland3Dept. of Surgery, Div. of Visceral and Transplantation Surgery, Univ. Hosp. Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland

68
Inhibitory Peripheral Signals, Feeding and Body Weight in Estrogen- vs Oil-treated Ovariectomized Rats
RJ NAUKAM, KS CURTIS. Oklahoma State University Center for Health Sciences, Tulsa, OK, United States

69
Estrogen receptors and HSD2-containing neurons in the rat ventromedial hypothalamus
HD MUCKELRATH, ML ASKEW, KS CURTIS. Oklahoma State University Center for Health Sciences, Tulsa, OK, United States

70
Fetal growth restriction programs an increased hedonic response to sucrose: possible contribution to catch-up weight gain and early obesity
R DALLE MOLLE1, FS CUNHA1, CS BENETTI1, C NOSCHANG1, AK PORTELLA1, M DESAI2, MG ROSS2, PP SILVEIRA1. 1Hospital de Clínicas de Porto Alegre - FAMED, UFRGS, Porto Alegre, Brazil2Dept of Ob/Gyn, Harbor-UCLA Med Ctr, Torrance, CA, United States

71
A maternal junk food diet alters the response of the mesolimbic reward system to naloxone in offspring post-weaning.
JR GUGUSHEFF1, ZY ONG1,2, BS MUHLHAUSLER1,2. 1University of Adelaide, Adelaide, Australia2University of South Australia, Adelaide, Australia

72
Exposure to cafeteria diet during gestation and after weaning reduces serum insulin in adult male offspring 
AB MUCELLINI1, ACA DA CUNHA1, RC CACERES1, C NOSCHANG2, CS BENETTI2, PP SILVEIRA2,3, GL SANVITTO1. 1Physiolgy Graduation Program, UFRGS, Porto Alegre, Brazil2Department of Pediatrics, UFRGS, Porto Alegre, Brazil3Neuroscience Graduation Program, UFRGS, Porto Alegre, Brazil

73
Early life stress, anxiety and feeding behavior are related to changes in HPA axis
TD MACHADO, R DALLE MOLLE, DP LAUREANO, AK PORTELLA, CS BENETTI, IC WERLANG, PP SILVEIRA. Hospital de Clínicas de Porto Alegre – FAMED, UFRGS, Porto Alegre, Brazil

74
Food Preference and Metabolic Parameters are Affected by Prenatal Stress in Wistar Rats
A WELLER1,3, M SCHROEDER1,3, S YARKONI2,3, N KRONFELD-SCHOR4. 1Psychol Dept, Bar-Ilan University, Ramat-Gan, Israel2Life Sciences Faculty, Bar-Ilan University, Ramat-Gan, Israel33Gonda Brain Res Ctr, Bar-Ilan University, Ramat-Gan, Israel4Zoology Dept, Tel-Aviv University, Tel-Aviv, Israel