Meeting Program

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WEDNESDAY, JULY 30, 2025
8:00 - 4:00 PM REGISTRATION
Registration - South Mezzanine

9:00 - 10:00 AM POSTER SESSION 3, EXHIBITS & COFFEE BREAK (click to view) (click to close)
South Mezzanine

BEHAVIORAL/SOCIAL

241

Preliminary reliability of a food images questionnaire for children aged 6-11 years
ORIT HELLER¹, RONI AVIRAM-FRIEDMAN¹, TALI SINAI^{2, 3}, VERED YAFFE-HAIK¹, REBECCA GOLDSMITH⁴, VERED KAUFMAN-SHRIQUI¹.¹Department of Nutrition Sciences, Faculty of Health Sciences, Ariel University, Ariel, Israel.²Israel Center for Disease Control, Israel Ministry of Health, Ramat Gan, Israel.³School of Nutritional Sciences, The Robert H.Smith Faculty of Agriculture, Food and Environment, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Rehovot, Israel.⁴Nutrition Division, Ministry of Health, Jerusalem, Israel

CLINICAL

203

Differentiation of Positive and Negative Emotional Eating: Internal and External Factors
LAURENCE J.NOLAN¹, OLIVIA L.WEST¹, WESLEY R.BARNHART^{2, 3, 4}.¹Wagner College, Dept of Psychology, Staten Island, NY, USA.²Suffolk University, Dept of Psychology, Boston, MA, USA.³University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Dept of Psychiatry, Chapel Hill, NC, USA.⁴Bowling Green State University, Dept of Psychology, Bowling Green, OH, USA

NEUROSCIENCE

205

The addiction-susceptibility polymorphism TaqIA/Ankk1: role in reward- and metabolic-associated disorders.
SIMON BENOIT¹, FANNY BAIN¹, GUANGPING LI¹, ANTHONY ANSOULT¹, CARLOTA NUBIOLA¹, FABIEN DUCROCQ², ASMA OUMMADI², DANA SMALL³, ALBERTO CEBRIAN-SERRANO⁴, PIERRE TRIFILIEFF², SERGE LUQUET¹.¹Universitaeacute Paris Citaeacute, CNRS, Unitaeacute de Biologie Fonctionnelle et Adaptative, Paris, France.²Universitaeacute de Bordeaux, INRAE, Bordeaux INP, NutriNeuro, UMR 1286, Bordeaux, France.³Department of Medicine, McGill University Health Center, Montraeacuteal, QC, Canada.⁴Institute for Diabetes and Obesity, Helmholtz Diabetes Center (HDC), Helmholtz Zentrum Munchen, Neuherberg, Germany German Center for Diabetes Research (DZD), 85764, Neuherberg, Germany

207

Vagal remodeling in early obesity disrupts gut-brain signaling but satiety is restored by activating downstream neurons
ISADORA BRAGA^{1, 2}, ARASHDEEP SINGH^{1, 2}, MOLLY MCDOUGLE^{1, 2}, ALAN DE ARAUJO^{1, 2}, CLAIRE DE LA SERRE³, GUILLAUME DE LARTIGUE^{1, 2}.¹Monell Chemical Senses Center, Philadelphia, PA, USA.²University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA.³Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO, USA

209

Neural fMRI Responses to Food Combinations in the Human Brain
HUI-KUAN CHUNG, PHILIPPE TOBLER.Zurich Center for Neuroeconomics, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland

211

Adolescent morphine exposure reduces VTA DA excitability and amplifies adulthood re-exposure effects on DA signaling
RACHEL M DONKA¹, SEAN SCHRANK^{1, 3}, JOSHUA P SEVIGNY^{2, 3}, DENNIS R SPARTA^{1, 2, 3}, DEAGLAN A MCANDREW¹, JAMIE D ROITMAN^{1, 2}.¹Department of Psychology, University of Illinois Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA.²Graduate Program in Neuroscience, University of Illinois Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA.³Center for Alcohol Research in Epigenetics, University of Illinois Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA

213

Glucose-dependent insulinotropic receptor expressing neurons in the area postrema and nucleus of the solitary tract receive distinct peripheral input and differentially affect food intake
NATALIE S FIGUEREDO BURGOS¹, ANNA G ROBERTS¹, LAUREN A JONES¹, FRANK REIMANN², DANIEL BRIERLEY¹, ALICE ADRIAENSSENS ¹.¹Centre for Cardiovascular and Metabolic Neuroscience, Department of Neuroscience, Physiology and Pharmacology, University College London, London, United Kingdom.²University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom

215

Synphilin-1 Induces Obesity-Linked Cognitive Impairments in Mice
HANNAH FUEHRER, NICOLE BRENNICK, KHULESHWARI KURREY, CHANTELLE TERRILLION, TANVIKHAA SARAVANAN, GABRIELA MERCADO , JAZLYNN MEZA, YANG LI, YULI WANG, TIMOTHY H.MORAN, WANLI W.SMITH.Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA

217

Cell-type unbiased characterisation of brainstem neuronal populations recruited by semaglutide
LAUREN A.JONES, LYLA YU, DANIEL I.BRIERLEY.Centre for Cardiovascular and Metabolic Neuroscience Dept of Neuroscience, Physiology and Pharmacology University College London, London, United Kingdom

219

GIP receptor agonism in the ventral hippocampus reduces food intake and impulsivity
MOLLY KLUG¹, SERENA GAO², OLIVIA MOODY¹, LEA DECARIE-SPAIN¹, ALICIA KAO¹, TITO BORNER^{1, 2}, SCOTT KANOSKI^{1, 2}.¹Human and Evolutionary Biology Section, Department of Biological Sciences, Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA.²Neuroscience Graduate Program, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA

221

Sugar, stress, and the brain: Unraveling the links between high sugar intake, Depression, and Blood-Brain Barrier dysfunction in rats
YONI LOTERSTEIN¹, ELIN KACHUKI DORY¹, NATHAN PLUMB¹, DAVID LAST², SHIRLEY SHARABI², YAEL MARDOR^{2, 3}, ARON WELLER¹, ITZIK COOPER^{3, 4}.¹Department of Psychology and the Gonda Brain Research Center, Bar Ilan University, Ramat Gan, Israel.²The Advanced Technology Center, Sheba Medical Center, Ramat Gan, Israel.³School of Medicine, Faculty of Medical and Health Sciences, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel.⁴The Joseph Sagol Neuroscience Center, Sheba Medical Center, Ramat Gan, Israel

223

Melanin Concentrating Hormone effects on ethanol intake in female rats: sites of action
GRACE C.E.MADU, EMILY E.NOBLE.Department of Nutritional Sciences, University of Georgia, Athens, GA, USA

225

Dissociable contributions of rostral and caudal ventral pallidum GABA neurons to ‘liking’ and ‘wanting’ for sweet reward.
ILEANA MORALES, KENT C.BERRIDGE.University of Michigan Department of Psychology, Ann Arbor, MI, USA

227

Unravelling leptin-sensitive neuronal circuits involved in suppression of hyperactivity in activity based anorexia
NICK J.M.PAPAVOINE, LIANNE DELWEL, MELISSA N.VEENDIJK, ISA F.F.HARTMAN, JESSIE NIJMAN, MIENEKE C.M.LUIJENDIJK, INGE G.WOLTERINK-DONSELAAR, ROGER A.H.ADAN.UMC Brain Center, Department of Translational Neuroscience, University Medical Center and University Utrecht, Utrecht, Netherlands

229

Metabolic Processing in Taste Cells Contributes to the Hedonic Appeal of Carbohydrates
ARACELY SIMENTAL¹, AHYUN JUNG⁴, SANDRINE CHOMETTON³, LINDSEY SCHIER^{1, 2}.¹Neuroscience Graduate Program, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA.²Department of Biological Sciences, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA.³French National Institute for Agriculture, Food, and Environment, Dijon, France.⁴Department of Biology, Philadelphia, PA, USA

231

Identification of a Novel Subset of Cold-Activated Hypothalamic Neurons That Stimulate Feeding
CHRISTINA A.WATTS, JENNIFER D.DEEM, INGRID REDFORD, CAELEY L.BRYAN, BAO ANH PHAN, VINCENT DAMIAN, KELLY KADLEC, EMILY YAMASHITA, JARRAD M.SCARLETT, MICHAEL W.SCHWARTZ, GREGORY J.MORTON.University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA

PHYSIOLOGY

233

Peripheral and central metabolic adaptations to short- and long-term high-energy diet exposure in obesity resistant and prone rats.
ANAIS BOUCHAT¹, PATRIZIA UBOLDI², MONIKA SVECLA², GIUSEPPE DANILO NORATA², CHRISTELLE LE FOLL¹.¹Institute of Veterinary Physiology, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland.²Department of Pharmacological and Biomolecular Sciences, UniversitaA, Milan, Italy

235

Targeting nutrient-induced satiating vagal afferent neurons via TRAP2 mice.
BRICEYDA LIMON¹, SAVANNA N .WENINGER¹, NIKHIL JOHNSON², FRANK A.DUCA³.¹University of Arizona, Department of Physiology, Tucson, AZ, USA.²University of Arizona, Cellular and Molecular Biology Department, Tucson, AZ, USA.³University of Arizona, School of Animal a Comparative Biomedical Sciences and BIO5 Institute, Tucson, AZ, USA

237

A novel immunotherapy targeting corticotrophin-releasing hormone improves weight loss quality in obese mice treated with semaglutide.
KAREN A.SCOTT^{1, 2}, JESSICA M.SA^{1, 2}, TODD E.GOLDE^{3, 4, 5}, ANNETTE D.DE KLOET^{1, 2}, ERIC G.KRAUSE^{1, 2}.¹Neuroscience Institute, Georgia State University, Atlanta, GA, USA.²Center for Neuroinflammation and Cardiometabolic Diseases, Georgia State University, Atlanta, GA, USA.³Department of Pharmacology and Chemical Biology, Emory University, Atlanta, GA, USA.⁴Department of Neurology, Emory University, Atlanta, GA, USA.⁵Emory Center for Neurodegenerative Disease, Atlanta, GA, USA

TECHNICAL/PROCEDURAL

239

Methods to measure concentration of artificial sweeteners in plasma
LARA TABLIEH, MARY ELIZABETH BAUGH, STEVEN BURROWS, RHIANNA SULLIVAN, MACY PARMELEE, ALEXEY ZAITSEV, BRIDGET CARTER, JUNCO WARREN, ALEXANDRA G.DIFELICEANTONIO.Fralin Biomedical Research Institute at Virginia Tech Carilion, Roanoke, VA, USA

10:00 - 11:30 AM SYMPOSIUM 2: GLP-1R AGONISTS: WHAT CAN WE LEARN FROM THESE DRUGS? (SPONSORED BY NOVO NORDISK)
Chair/Organizer: Joerg Hoeck, Elizabeth Mietlicki-Baase
L1

10:00

Effects of semaglutide on wheel running and associated dopamine dynamics in mice
E.P.FOSCUE¹, R.TRINKO¹, E.KONG¹, J.LARA JIMENEZ¹, K.STANKEWICH¹, S.L.THOMPSON¹, A.CORSTENS¹, M.J.SERLIE⁴, J.R.TAYLOR^{1, 2, 3}, R.J.DILEONE^{1, 2, 3}.¹Department of Psychiatry, Yale University, New Haven, CT, USA.²Department of Neuroscience, Yale University, New Haven, CT, USA.³Wu-Tsai Institute, Yale University, New Haven, CT, USA.⁴Department of Endocrinology, Yale University, New Haven, CT, USA

10:30

Targeting stress axes to enhance the therapeutic efficacy of GLP-1R agonists.
JESSICA M.SA^{1, 2}, KAREN A.SCOTT^{1, 2}, TODD E.GOLDE³, ERIC G.KRAUSE^{1, 2}, ANNETTE D.DE KLOET^{1, 2}.¹1Neuroscience Institute, College of Arts and Sciences, Georgia State University, Atlanta, GA, USA.²Center for Neuroinflammation and Cardiometabolic Diseases, Georgia State University, Atlanta, GA, USA.³Department of Pharmacology and Chemical Biology, Department of Neurology, Emory Center for Neurodegenerative Disease, Emory University, Atlanta, GA, USA

11:00

Can weight loss drugs reduce alcohol consumption?
METTE KRUSE KLAUSEN.Psychiatric Centre Copenhagen, Mental Health Services in the Capitol Region of Denmark, Copenhagen University Hospital Frederiksberg, Frederiksberg, Denmark

10:15 - 11:30 AM ORAL SESSION 4: KNOW THYSELF; INTEROCEPTION AND INGESTION
Chair/Organizer: Amanda Page, Lea Decarie-Spain
L2

10:15

Vagal sensory neurons selectively encode intestinal protein
ALAN DE ARAUJO^{1, 2}, MINGXIN YANG^{1, 2}, AVNIKA BALI^{1, 2}, JAMES MCCUTCHEON⁴, CHRISTOPHER MORRISON³, GUILLAUME DE LARTIGUE^{1, 2}.¹Monell Chemical Senses Center, Philadelphia, PA, USA.²University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA.³Pennington Biomedical Research Center, Baton Rouge, LA, USA.⁴UiT the Arctic University of Norway, Tromso, Norway

10:30

A dedicated gut-brain pathway for hypothalamic fructose sensing
AARON D MCKNIGHT^{1, 2}, FANG Y HSU², ALEXANDRA G VARGAS², ALAN ARAUJO², GUILLAUME LARTIGUE^{1, 2}, AMBER L ALHADEFF^{1, 2}.¹Department of Neuroscience, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA.²Monell Chemical Senses Center, Philadelphia, PA, USA

10:45

Sex-specific differences in postprandial satiety signaling after a sugar-reduced sucrose solution while maintaining sweetness level
MARLIES GAIDER^{1, 3, 6}, ISABELLA KIMMESWENGER^{2, 3}, JANA MEDEK¹, MORITZ GAUPP¹, JAKOB P.LEY⁴, GERHARD E.KRAMMER⁴, VERONIKA SOMOZA⁵, BARBARA LIEDER^{1, 2, 6}.¹Christian Doppler Laboratory for Taste Research, Faculty of Chemistry, University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria.²Institute of Physiological Chemistry, Faculty of Chemistry, University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria.³Vienna Doctoral School of Chemistry (DoSChem), Vienna, Austria.⁴Symrise AG, Holzminden, Germany.⁵Leibniz Institute for Food Systems Biology at the Technical University of Munich, Freising, Germany.⁶Institute of Clinical Nutrition, University of Hohenheim, Stuttgart, Germany

11:00

Temporal control of snacking and body weight by GHSR-expressing suprachiasmatic nucleus neurons
OMPRAKASH SINGH^{1, 2}, SEPIDEH SHEYBANI-DELOUI¹, SOUMYA KULKARNI¹, MOYU LYU¹, BINGBING LI¹, SALIL VARSHNEY¹, KRIPA SHANKAR¹, DEEPALI GUPTA¹, LUIS LEON MERCADO¹, AVI W.BURSTEIN¹, CORINE P.RICHARD¹, CONNOR LAWRENCE¹, SHERRI OSBORNE-LAWRENCE¹, JEFFREY M.ZIGMAN^{1, 2, 3}.¹Center for Hypothalamic Research, Department of Internal Medicine, UT Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX, USA.²Peter O'Donnell Jr.Brain Institute, UT Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX, USA.³Division of Endocrinology a Metabolism, Department of Internal Medicine, UT Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX, USA.⁴Department of Psychiatry, UT Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX, USA

11:15

From stomach to striatum: Ghrelin infusions increase work for rewards
CORINNA SCHULZ^{1, 2}, FRANZISKA PEGLOW¹, CHRISTIAN LA FOUGERE³, BENJAMIN BENDER⁴, JOHANNES KLAUS¹, MARTIN WALTER^{5, 6, 7}, MATTHIAS REIMOLD³, NILS B KROEMER^{1, 2, 8}.¹Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Tuebingen Center for Mental Health, University of Tuebingen, Tuebingen, Germany.²Section of Medical Psychology, Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Faculty of Medicine, University of Bonn, Bonn, Germany.³Nuclear Medicine and Clinical Molecular Imaging, Department of Radiology, University of Tuebingen, Tuebingen, Germany.⁴Diagnostic and Interventional Neuroradiology, Department of Radiology, University of Tuebingen, Tuebingen, Germany.⁵Department of Psychiatry a Psychotherapy, University Hospital Jena, Jena, Germany.⁶Department of Behavioral Neurology, Leibniz Institute for Neurobiology, Magdeburg, Germany.⁷German Center for Mental Health (DZPG), partner site Jena-Magdeburg-Halle, Germany.⁸German Center for Mental Health (DZPG), partner site Tuebingen, Germany

11:30 - 1:00 PM LUNCH
On Own

11:30 - 11:45 AM INNOVATION THROUGH COLLABORATION - NOVO NORDISK PARTNERSHIP MODELS
Chair/Organizer: Joerg Hoeck
L1

11:30

Innovation through Collaboration - Novo Nordisk Partnership Models
JOERG HOECK.Novo Nordisk A/S

11:45 - 12:55 PM PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT EVENT, ORGANIZED BY THE NEW INVESTIGATOR ADVISORY COMMITTEE
L2

Join us for a panel presentation on the principles of open science and how they are applied at the frontiers of ingestive research in both clinical and preclinical models.

This will be followed by an open discussion on the current and projected landscape of open science.

Lunch provided afterward for 65 registrants.

We ask new investigators to sign up for this event using the following link: https://linkyme.com/?NIACPD.

11:45

Open Science and Open Source Tools Seminar.

1:00 - 1:55 PM MARS LECTURE 2 - JOHN GLENDINNING, BARNARD COLLEGE
Chair/Organizer: Lindsey Schier
L1

1:00

Functional properties of the cephalic-phase insulin response in mice
JOHN GLENDINNING.Barnard College, Columbia University, New York, NY, USA

2:00 - 4:00 PM NEW INVESTIGATOR TRAVEL AWARD (NITA) SYMPOSIUM
Chair/Organizer: Kathleen Keller, Lindsey Schier
L1

2:00

Relationships between increasing pre-load meal size, post-prandial plasma acyl ghrelin, appetite, and food intake in adults without obesity - is ghrelin a human satiety signal? (George H.Collier New Investigator Travel Awardee)
TASYA PARASTIKA¹, JIAXYN LIU¹, RAGHAV BHARGAVA¹, WAI IN NG¹, JIALIN GUO¹, MARCELA RODRIGUEZ FLORES¹, XINYI ZHANG¹, MIMOZA EMINI¹, WANQIAN LI¹, SANDRA LUUR¹, ZOE BARLEY¹, JEFF BRUNSTROM², ANTHONY P GOLDSTONE¹.¹PsychoNeuroEndocrinology Research Group, Division of Psychiatry, Department of Brain Sciences, Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom.²School of Psychological Science, University of Bristol, Bristol, United Kingdom

2:15

A cerebellar memory of a meal (New Investigator Travel Awardee)
A-HYUN JUNG¹, ALOYSIUS Y.T.LOW¹, J.NICHOLAS BETLEY^{1, 2}.¹Department of Biology, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA.²Department of Neuroscience, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA

2:30

Resilience amidst adversity: how adverse childhood experiences and protective factors influence body weight status in Latinx/Hispanic youth (New Investigator Travel Awardee)
VICTORIA GOLDMAN¹, SEVAN ESAIAN¹, JONATAN OTTINO GONZALEZ¹, MIGUEL A.RIVAS FERNANDEZ¹, NICOLE R.KARCHER², JEFFREY I.GOLD¹, ALAINA P.VIDMAR¹, SHANA ADISE¹.¹Children's Hospital Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, USA.²Washington University School of Medicine, St.Louis, MO, USA

2:45

Improved food approach following weight restoration with meal-based behavioral treatment in inpatients with anorexia nervosa.(New Investigator Travel Awardee)
SARAH H GUO¹, JOSEPH MCGUIRE¹, JEFFREY M BRUNSTROM², TIMOTHY H MORAN¹, ANGELA GUARDA¹, KIMBERLY R SMITH¹.¹Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA.²School of Psychological Science, University of Bristol, Bristol, United Kingdom

3:00

From metabolism to memory: exploring amylin's role in the hippocampus (New Investigator Travel Awardee)
GIULIA MAZZINI¹, IRMAK GEZGINER^{2, 3}, GAIA SERRA¹, DIANA KINDLER², CHRISTELLE LE FOLL¹, DANIEL RAZANSKY^{2, 3}, THOMAS A.LUTZ¹.¹Institute of Veterinary Physiology, Vetsuisse Faculty, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland.²Institute for Biomedical Engineering and Institute of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland.³Institute for Biomedical Engineering, Department of Information Technology and Electrical Engineering, ETH, Zurich, Switzerland

3:15

Mapping energy metabolism pathways in the human brain (Elsevier Appetite New Investigator Travel Awardee)
MOOHEBAT POURMAJIDIAN¹, JUSTINE Y.HANSEN¹, GOLIA SHAFIEI², BRATISLAV MISIC¹, ALAIN DAGHER¹.¹McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada.²McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada.³University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA.⁴McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada.⁵McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada

3:30

The estrous cycle moderates the food and body weight suppressive effects of glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor agonism (Randall R.Sakai New Investigator Travel Awardee)
SARAH V APPLEBEY, ALLISON G XIAO, MATTHEW R HAYES.Department of Psychiatry, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA

3:45

Dietary protein intake is negatively associated with energy intake but not with body mass index in a population-based Norwegian sample: The Troms? Study 2015-2016 (Dorothy W.Gietzen New Investigator Awardee)
RIKKE ERIKSEN¹, KAMILLA ROGNMO¹, LAILA A.HOPSTOCK², JAMES E.MCCUTCHEON¹.¹Department of Psychology, UiT The Arctic University of Norway, Tromso, Norway.²Department of Health and Care Sciences, UiT The Arctic University of Norway, Tromso, Norway