Meeting Program

Welcome to the SSIB 2023 Program! Note that you may access the program in a variety of different formats using the tabs below.


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WEDNESDAY, JULY 12, 2023

8:30 - 10:30 AM POSTER SESSION I (click to view)
Atrium Ballroom


Behavioral/Social

Maternal prebiotic supplementation during the perinatal period protects offspring against diet induced obesity
JILLIAN M ALLEN1, RACHEL E LIPPINCOTT1, EDEN E CRAIN1, JUNG H BYUN1, KELLI L TAMASHIRO2, CLAIRE B DE LA SERRE1.1University of Georgia, Athens, GA, USA.2Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, USA


Behavioral/Social

Post-ingestive signals guiding flavor-nutrient learning in overweight and obesity
MARY ELIZABETH BAUGH1, MONICA AHRENS1, 2, ARIJIT PRADHAN3, MARY OSTER1, ALEXANDRA HANLON2, ALEXANDRA DIFELICEANTONIO1, 4.1Center for Health Behaviors Research, Fralin Biomedical Research Institute at VTC, Roanoke, VA, USA.2Center for Biostatistics and Health Data Science, Virginia Tech, Roanoke, VA, USA.3School of Neuroscience, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA, USA.4Department of Human Nutrition, Foods, and Exercise, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA, USA


Behavioral/Social

Identification of cognitive functions that predict outcome on a behavioral weight loss program
CHAVONN R.DUNCAN, XUE S.DAVIS, XI FANG, JUSTIN J.SUNG, IOANNA PANOPOULOU, EMILY E.PERSZYK, NOAH KOSTER, SOPHIE C.MICKUS, MARNEY A.WHITE, CARLOS M.GRILO, DANA M.SMALL.Yale University, New Haven, CT, USA


Behavioral/Social

Combining Fat and Carbohydrate Increases Food Reward: Is This Explained by an Effect on Satiety?
ANNIKA N.FLYNN, PETER J.ROGERS, STAN E.MELLSTROM, JEFFREY M.BRUNSTROM.Nutrition and Behaviour Unit, School of Psychological Science, University of Bristol, Bristol, United Kingdom


Behavioral/Social

Addition of 0.01M NaCl Does Not Lower Glucose Taste Detection Thresholds in Wild Type or Lead to Partial Glucose Detection in T1R3 Knockout Mice
ELIZABETH/A HAMEL, RIYA GIRISH, BELLE KRUBITSKI, GINGER/D BLONDE, ALAN/C SPECTOR.Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL, USA


Behavioral/Social

Uncertainty-driven motivation in sustenance and hedonic contexts increases sucrose intake
LUIS LUARTE1, CAROLINA SANDOVAL1, JEN TESKE2, KEVIN MYERS3, CLAUDIO PEREZ1.1Neurobiology and Obesity (NBO) Laboratory, Department of Physiology, Faculty of Biological Sciences, Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile, Santiago, Chile.2School of Nutritional Sciences and Wellness and, Graduate interdisciplinary programs in Physiological Sciences and Neuroscience at the University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, USA.3Department of Psychology and Neuroscience Program, Bucknell University, Lewisburg, PA, USA


Behavioral/Social

Cycling between healthy and obesogenic diets produces graded effects on cognitive function and composition of the gut microbiome in rats
MARGARET J MORRIS1, MICHAEL D KENDIG2, SARAH-JANE LEIGH3, KYOKO HASEBE1, NADEEM KAAKOUSH1, R FRED WESTBROOK4.1Biomedical Sciences UNSW Sydney, Sydney, Australia.2Life Sciences University of Technology, Sydney, Australia.3APC Microbiome University of Cork, Cork, Ireland.4Psychology UNSW Sydney, Sydney, Australia


Behavioral/Social

Characterizing reduced chow motivation following short-term high-fat diet consumption.
KIRK A.TERADA-HERZER1, EMILY M.BERTRAND1, TYARA C.THOMPSON2, MEAGHAN C.CREED3, ALEXXAI V.KRAVITZ4, WAMBURA C.FOBBS1.1Department of Psychology, Swarthmore College, Swarthmore, PA, USA.2Department of Neuroscience, College of Wooster, Wooster, OH, USA.3Department of Anesthesiology, Washington University in St Louis, St.Louis, MO, USA.4Department of Psychiatry, Washington University in St Louis, St.Louis, MO, USA


Clinical

MIND Dietary Pattern Adherence Is Inversely Associated With Visceral Adiposity And Features of Metabolic Syndrome Among Adults
TORI A HOLTHAUS1, SHIVANI SETHI2, CORINNE N CANNAVALE2, SUSAN AGUINAGA2, NICHOLAS A BURD2, HANNAH D HOLSCHER1, 2.3, NAIMAN A KHAN1, 2, 4, 5.1Division of Nutritional Sciences, University of Illinois, Urbana, IL, USA.2Kinesiology and Community Health, University of Illinois, Urbana, IL, USA.3Department of Food Science and Human Nutrition, University of Illinois, Urbana, IL, USA.4Neuroscience Program, University of Illinois, Urbana, IL, USA.5Beckman Institute of Advanced Science and Technology, Urbana, IL, USA


Neuroscience

Noradrenergic signaling in the paraventricular hypothalamus mediates stress-induced feeding suppression.
MYUNGMO AN, JUNKOO PARK, SUNG-YON KIM.Seoul National University, Seoul, South Korea


Neuroscience

Dopamine signaling in the hippocampus promotes food-related memories and reduces food intake
ALEXANDER G.BASHAW1, 2, LEA DECARIE-SPAIN1, LOGAN TIERNO LAUER1, KESHAV SUBRAMANIAN1, 2, JESSICA J.REA1, 2, ALICIA KAO1, KRISTEN N.DONOHUE1, SCOTT E.KANOSKI1, 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


Neuroscience

Previous maintenance diet impacts food preferences and meal patterns to a cafeteria-style diet consumed by female rats
GINGER D.BLONDE, ALAN C.SPECTOR.Dept.of Psychology and Program in Neuroscience, Florida Sate University, Tallahassee, FL, USA


Neuroscience

How Do Parabrachial Pdyn+ Neurons Monitor Ingestion?
HYEONGJUN CHO, MINYOO KIM, DONG-JUN KOO, GILJU HAN, SUNG-YON KIM.Seoul National University, Seoul, South Korea


Neuroscience

Stress differentially modulates food reward in male and female mice
ASIA DOFAT, KEYRSTIN JACOBS, RACHELLE JACOB, KELLY RUNYON, MASHA TSYGLAKOVA, ALEC HARTLE, KATIE MARSCHALKO, GEORGIA HODES, WILLIAM HOWE.Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA, USA


Neuroscience

Increased meso-striatal connectivity mediates trait impulsivity in FTO variant carriers
SHARMILI EDWIN THANARAJAH1, 2, RUTH HANSSEN1, CORINNA MELZER1, MARC TITTGEMEYER1.1Max Planck Institute for Metabolism Research, Frankfurt, Germany.2University Hospital, Goethe University, Frankfurt, Germany


Neuroscience

Obesity and Neural Networks Involved in Olfaction - Food Intake Interactions : Role of the Hypothalamus in Odor Processing.
MAYA FAOUR, JULIEN CASTEL, SERGE LUQUET, CLAIRE MARTIN.UniversitA, Paris, France


Neuroscience

Role of Lateral Hypothalamus GABAergic Neurons on Goal-directed Behaviors in Non-human Primates
LESLIE JAESUN HA1, HYEON-GU YEO2, YU GYEONG KIM2, INHYEOK BAEK1, YOUNG HEE LEE1, JISUN MIN1, YUNKYO JUNG1, JEE-HYUN CHO3, JAE YONG CHOI4, YOUNGJEON LEE2, HYUNG JIN CHOI1.1Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, South Korea.2Korea Research Institute of Bioscience and Biotechnology, Cheongju, South Korea.3Korea Basic Science Institue, Cheongju, South Korea.4Korea Institute of Radiological and Medical Sciences, Seoul, South Korea


Neuroscience

Effects of food processing on physiology, brain, and behavior
ZACH HUTELIN1, 2, MARY ELIZABETH BAUGH2, MONICA AHRENS3, MARY E OSTER2, ALEXANDRA L.G.HANLON3, ALEXANDRA G.DIFELICEANTONIO2, 4.1Translational Biology, Medicine, and Health Graduate Program, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA, USA.2Fralin Biomedical Research Institute, Virginia Tech, Roanoke, VA, USA.3Center for Biostatistics and Health Data Science, Virginia Tech, Roanoke, VA, USA.4Department of Human Nutrition, Foods, and Exercise, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA, USA


Neuroscience

Spatial fidelity between enterochromaffin cells and sensory nerves changes along the length of the gastrointestinal tract
LAUREN A.JONES, ROSIE A.COLEMAN, DAMIEN J.KEATING.Flinders Health and Medical Research Institute, Flinders University, South Australia, Australia


Neuroscience

Neuropeptide Y Neurons in Nucleus Accumbens Promote Palatable Food Memory
YU-BEEN KIM1, 2, DEOK-HYEON CHEON1, 2, SANG-HO JUNG1, 2, JAE SUN HA1, 2, SOLIN BAEK1, HYUNG JIN CHOI1.1Department of Biomedical Sciences, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, South Korea.2These authors contributed equally, Seoul, South Korea


Neuroscience

Behavioral mechanisms underlying the cannabinergic control of eating
MAGEN N.LORD1, MAI O.SPAULDING1, JESSICA R.HOFFMAN2, EMILY E.NOBLE1.1Dept.of Nutritional Sciences, Univ of Georgia, Athens, GA, USA.2Dept.of Physiology and Pharmacology, Univ of Georgia, Athens, GA, USA


Neuroscience

Ontogeny of Gastrointestinal-Projecting Vagal Sensory Cell Types
MEAGHAN MCCOY1, ANNA KAMITAKAHARA1, 2.1Children's Hospital Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, USA.2University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA


Neuroscience

Sucrose "snacking" increases the perineuronal nets of parvalbumin interneurons in the basolateral amygdala in rats: a mechanism for stress resilience by natural rewards
HOUDA NASHAWI1, 2, COREY T.FOLTZ2, MARISSA A.SMAIL1, 2, CIARA PHARES2, DANA R.BUESING2, JAMES P.HERMAN2, YVONNE M.ULRICH-LAI2.1Neuroscience Graduate Program, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH, USA.2Department of Pharmacology and Systems Physiology, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH, USA


Neuroscience

A larger amount of palatable food is needed to provide stress relief during Western diet-induced obesity
IVANKA L RAINER1, MADISON DAVIS2, YVONNE ULRICH-LAI2.1Neuroscience Graduate Program, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH, USA.2Department of Pharmacology and Systems Physiology, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH, USA


Neuroscience

The ovarian hormone estradiol mediates sex differences in water intake in the desert adapted rodent acomys.
JESSICA SANTOLLO, ANDREA A EDWARDS, MADELYN STEINEKER.Department of Biology, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY, USA


Neuroscience

Investigation of the role of the pedunculopontine nucleus in food consumption
NICHOLAS K SMITH, J.NICHOLAS BETLEY.Department of Biology, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA


Neuroscience

Using machine learning to predict child food responsiveness from regional brain volume
GITA THAPALIYA1, GUILHERME FAHUR BOTTINO2, KEVIN BONHAM2, MURIEL BRUCHHAGE4, ELENA JANSEN1, VANJA KLEPAC-CERAJ2, SEAN DEONI3, SUSAN CARNELL1.1Johns Hopkins Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA.2Wellesley College, Wellesley, MA, USA.3Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, Seattle, WA, USA.4Stavanger University, Stavanger, Norway


Neuroscience

Interrogating ventral pallidal circuits as a therapeutic target for diet-induced obesity
JUSTIN G WANG, ALEXXAI V KRAVITZ.Washington University, St.Louis, MO, USA


Neuroscience

Neural basis for atypical antipsychotics-induced obesity
HYEONJU YUN1, EUN-SEON YOO1, LI LI2, CHEN LIU2, JONG-WOO SOHN1.1Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, Daejeon, Korea.2University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX, USA


Physiology

Effects of a novel chimeric multi-agonist peptide (GEP44) on energy intake and body weight in diet-induced obese wild-type and glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor (GLP-1) null mice.
JAMES E.BLEVINS1, 2, MACKENZIE K.HONEYCUTT1, JARED D.SLATTERY1, JUNE R.RAMBOUSEK1, EDISON TSUI1, MATVEY GOLDBERG1, KYRA A.SHELTON1, THERESE S.SALEMEH3, CLINTON T.ELFERS3, KYLIE S.CHICHURA4, SAKENEH ZRAIKA1, 2, ROBERT P.DOYLE4, CHRISTIAN L.ROTH3.1VA Puget Sound Health Care System, Office of Research and Development Medical Research Service, Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Seattle, WA, USA.2Division of Metabolism, Endocrinology and Nutrition, Department of Medicine, University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, WA, USA.3Seattle Children's Research Institute, Seattle, WA, USA.4Department of Chemistry, Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY, USA.5Departments of Medicine and Pharmacology, SUNY Upstate Medical University, Syracuse, NY, USA


Physiology

Weight loss induced by the glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor agonist semaglutide is increased by the addition of oxytocin in a rat model of diet-induced obesity
MATVEY GOLDBERG1, KYRA A.SHELTON1, EDISON TSUI1, JUNE R.RAMBOUSEK1, TOMASZ A.WIETECHA2, 3, KEVIN D.O'BRIEN3, 4, MICHAEL W.SCHWARTZ2, 3, ANNA SECHER5, JAMES E.BLEVINS1, 2.1VA Puget Sound Health Care System, Office of Research and Development Medical Research Service, Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Seattle, WA, USA.2Division of Metabolism, Endocrinology and Nutrition, Department of Medicine, University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, WA, USA.3UW Medicine Diabetes Institute, University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, WA, USA.4Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, WA, USA.5Brain and Adipose Biology, Novo Nordisk A/S, Bagsvaerd, Denmark


Physiology

Impacts of Lifestyle Interventions for Obesity on Gut Microbiome: A Systematic Review
YEE TENG LEE1, 2, AYCA AKAN2, 3, DILARA BEYZA ONEL2, EVELYN MEDAWAR2, 3, 4, ARNO VILLRINGER2, 3, 4, VERONICA WITTE1, 2.1Clinic for Cognitive Neurology, University of Leipzig Medical Center, Leipzig, Germany.2Department of Neurology, Max Planck Institute of Human Cognitive and Brain Sciences, Leipzig, Germany.3Berlin School of Mind and Brain, Humboldt University of Berlin, Berlin, Germany.4Charite-Berlin University of Medicine, Humboldt University of Berlin, Berlin, Germany


Physiology

Impact of postprandial butyrate production on hepatic glucose productionvia colonic and hepatic signaling pathways.
RACHEL K MEYER1, HALLIE R WACHSMUTH2, ADELINA I LANE2, SAVANNA N WENINGER2, FRANK A DUCA3, 4.1School of Nutritional Science and Wellness, Tucson, AZ, USA.2Physiological Sciences Graduate Interdisciplinary Program, Tucson, AZ, USA.3BIO5 Institute, Tucson, AZ, USA.4School of Animal and Comparative Biomedical Sciences, Tucson, AZ, USA


Physiology

Deletion of LEAP2 ameliorates cancer cachexia
SALIL VARSHNEY1, BHARATH MANI1, KRIPA SHANKAR1, NATHAN METZGER1, DEEPALI GUPTA1, OMPRAKASH SINGH1, SEAN OGDEN1, SUBHOJIT PAUL1, FRANCISCO PIA1, SHERRI OSBORNE-LAWRENCE1, CORINE RICHARD1, JEFFREY ZIGMAN1.1Dept.of Internal Medicine, Center for Hypothalamic Research, UT Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX, USA.2Dept.of Psychiatry, UT Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX, USA
10:30 - 11:00 AM COFFEE BREAK & EXHIBITS
Foyer
11:00 - 1:00 PM PRESIDENTIAL SYMPOSIUM: FOOD SCARCITY AND FORAGING
Chair/Organizer: Dana Small, Scott Kanoski
Grand Ballroom I


11:00

Reinforcer Pathology and the Food-Insecurity Obesity Paradox
LEONARD EPSTEIN.University at Buffalo jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, Buffalo, NY, USA


11:30

Transient differences in access to food in development affects weight, cognitive flexibility, and dopamine neuron synapses in adulthood in mice.
WAN CHEN LIN1, CHRISTINA LIU1, POLINA KOSILLO1, EZEQUIEL GALARCE1, HELEN BATEUP1, STEPHAN LAMMEL1, WILBRECHT LINDA1.1UC Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, USA.2UC Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, USA.3UC Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, USA.4UC Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, USA.5UC Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, USA.6UC Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, USA.7UC Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, USA


12:00

The European starling as an ecologically-valid animal model for understanding the food insecurity-obesity paradox
MELISSA BATESON.Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom


12:30

Uncertainty as an Obesogenic Influence: Separate and Combined Effects of Unpredictability and Diet Quality in an Animal Model of Food Insecurity
KEVIN P MYERS.Bucknell University, Lewisburg, PA, USA
1:00 - 2:30 PM LUNCH
On Own
1:15 - 2:15 PM KNOWING YOUR WORTH: HOW TO NEGOTIATE YOUR SALARY
Chair/Organizer: Nicholas Neuwald, Anna Hayes
Grand Ballroom II

Panelists:
Dr.Shana Adise
Dr.Guillaume de Lartigue
Dr.Timothy Moran
Dr.Dana Small

Lunch will be provided for the first 35 registrants.
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1:15 - 2:15 PM PHYSIOLOGY & BEHAVIOR EDITORIAL BOARD MEETING (INVITATION ONLY)
Parlor AB
2:30 - 4:30 PM ORAL SESSION 1: REWARD AND APPETITE
Chair/Organizer: ME Baugh, Jamie McCutcheon
Grand Ballroom I


2:30

Sucrase-isomaltase as a genetic regulator of sugar intake and sweet preference
PETER ALDISS1, STINA RAMNE1, METTE ANDERSEN1, HAYLEY BURM1, IDA MOLTKE2, ANDERS ALBRECHTSEN2, MAURO D'AMATO3, MATTHEW GILLUM1, TORBEN HANSEN1.1Novo Nordisk Foundation Center for Basic Metabolic Research, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark.2Section for Computational and RNA Biology, Department of Biology, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark.3Gastrointestinal Genetics Lab, CIC bioGUNE - BRTA, Derio, Spain Ikerbasque, Basque Foundation for Science, Bilbao, Spain


2:45

Eating in the Absence of Hunger (EAH) remains stable and predicts gains in adiposity in middle childhood
YASHASWINI R.BHAT1, BARBARA J.ROLLS1, KATHLEEN L KELLER1, 2.1Department of Nutritional Sciences, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA, USA.2Department of Food Science, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA, USA


3:00

Daily branded sugary beverage intake results in hedonic targeting of its brand: A randomized controlled trial.
KYLE S BURGER1, GRACE E SHEARRER2, DANA M SMALL3, 4, RUSSELL A POLDRACK5, JEANETTE A MUMFORD5, AFRODITI PANATONI1, DANIEL DEMARCHI1.1University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC, USA.2University of Wyoming, Laramie, WY, USA.3McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada.4Yale University, New Haven, CT, USA.5Stanford University, Palo Alto, CA, USA


3:15

A tale of two tracers: Higher body mass index is associated with reduced striatal dopamine D2/3 receptor availability as measured with [11C]Raclopride but not [18F]Fallypride in the same people
VALERIE DARCEY1, 2, JUEN GUO1, STEPHANIE CHUNG3, 4, AMBER COURVILLE4, ISABELLE GALLAGHER1, PETER HERSCOVITCH5, REBECCA HOWARD1, MELISSA LANOIRE1, LAUREN MILLEY1, ALEX SCHICK1, MICHAEL STAGLIANO3, SARA TURNER6, SHANNA YANG6, NAN ZHAI1, MEGAN ZHOU1, KEVIN HALL1.1Integrative Physiology Section, National Institute of Diabetes a Digestive a Kidney Diseases, Bethesda, MD, USA.2Center on Compulsive Behaviors, Intramural Research Program, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA.3Section on Pediatric Diabetes Metabolism and Obesity, National Institute of Diabetes a Digestive a Kidney Diseases, Bethesda, MD, USA.4Human Energy and Body Weight Regulation Core, National Institute of Diabetes a Digestive a Kidney Diseases, Bethesda, MD, USA.5Clinical Center Positron Emission Tomography Department, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA.6Clinical Center Nutrition Department, National Institutes of Health , Bethesda, MD, USA


3:30

Protein restriction induces a protein-specific increase in dopamine neuron activity in the VTA.
MD SHAHJALAL HOSSAIN KHAN, ROBERT ROSS, REDIN SPANN, DIANA ALBARADO, YANLIN HE, DAVID MCDOUGAL, HANS-RUDOLF BERTHOUD, HEIKE MUENZBERG, SANGHO YU, CHRISTOPHER D.MORRISON.Pennington Biomedical Research Center, Baton Rouge, LA, USA


3:45

Bromocriptine increases intersubject brain connectivity in areas related to taste and self-control during prediction error
GRACE SHEARRER1, 2, MUZAYYANA AKHMADJONOVA 2, AFRODITI PAPANTONI3, KYLE BURGER3.1Family and Consumer Sciences, University of Wyoming, Laramie, WY, USA.2Neuroscience Program, University of Wyoming, Laramie, WY, USA.3Department of Nutrition, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC, USA


4:00

Extending the Neurobiological Craving Signature to the Taste and Smell of Food
JUSTIN J SUNG1, LEONIE KOBAN2, 3, EMILY E PERSZYK1, XUE S DAVIS1, CHAVONN R DUNCAN1, XI FANG1, IOANNA PANOPOULOU1, HENRY QUILLIAN1, SOPHIE MICKUS1, NOAH KOSTER1, MARNEY A WHITE1, CARLOS M GRILO1, TOR D WAGER4, HEDY KOBER1, DANA SMALL1.1Yale University, New Haven, CT, USA.2French National Centre for Scientific Research (CNRS), Paris, France.3Center for Research in Neuroscience in Lyon (CRNL), Lyon, France.4Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH, USA


4:15

An acute bout of running increases brain food cue reactivity independent of cerebral blood flow in healthy young men
ALICE E.THACKRAY1, 2, ELANOR C.HINTON3, TURKI M.ALANAZI1, 4, 5, ABDULRAHMAN M.DERA1, 6, KYOKO FUJIHARA7, JULIAN P.HAMILTON-SHIELD3, JAMES A.KING1, 2, FIONA E.LITHANDER3, 8, MASASHI MIYASHITA9, JULIE THOMPSON1, 10, PAUL S.MORGAN11, 12, MELANIE J.DAVIES2, 13, DAVID J.STENSEL1, 2, 9.1National Centre for Sport and Exercise Medicine, School of Sport, Exercise and Health Sciences, Loughborough University, Loughborough, United Kingdom.2National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR) Leicester Biomedical Research Centre, University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust and University of Leicester, Leicester, United Kingdom.3National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR) Bristol Biomedical Research Centre Nutrition Theme, University of Bristol, Bristol, United Kingdom.4Department of Respiratory Therapy, College of Applied Medical Sciences, King Saud bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences, Al Ahsa, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.5King Abdullah International Medical Research Center, Al Ahsa, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.6College of Sport Sciences, Jeddah University, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.7Graduate School of Sport Sciences, Waseda University, Tokorozawa, Japan.8Liggins Institute and Department of Nutrition and Dietetics, University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand.9Faculty of Sport Sciences, Waseda University, Tokorozawa, Japan.10University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust, Infirmary Square, Leicester, United Kingdom.11Radiological Sciences, School of Medicine, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, United Kingdom.12Nottingham National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR) Biomedical Research Centre, Nottingham, United Kingdom.13Diabetes Research Centre, University of Leicester, Leicester, United Kingdom

ORAL SESSION 2: DISEASES ASSOCIATED WITH INGESTIVE BEHAVIOR
Chair/Organizer: Tito Borner, Kimberly Smith
Grand Ballroom II


2:30

Post-acute psilocybin attenuates weight loss in activity-based anorexia and improves cognitive flexibility via a 5-HT1A dependent mechanism
CLAIRE J FOLDI1, KYNA CONN1, LAURA K MILTON1, JANIKA RUUSKA2, JIHANE HOMMAN-LUDIYE3, BRIAN J OLDFIELD1.1Monash Biomedicine Discovery Institute, Clayton, Australia.2University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland.3Monash Micro Imaging, Clayton, Australia


2:45

The Gliotransmitter Octadecaneuropeptide (ODN) is Involved in Hindbrain Glucose Sensing and GLP-1-Induced Anorexia
CAROLINE E GEISLER1, KYLIE CHICHURA2, CAITLYN PELLETIER1, ROBERY DOYLE2, MATTHEW R HAYES1.1University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA.2Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY, USA


3:00

A potential role for GPR107 in hypoglycemia unawareness
LISA F HAGENA, GRANT R KOLAR, WILLIS K SAMSON , GINA LC YOSTEN .St Louis University, St.Louis, MO, USA


3:15

Modulation of Stress Through an Ascending Norepinephrine-Melanocortin Circuit
CONNOR LAULE, NILUFER SAYAR-ATASOY, HYOJIN KIM, TAYFUN ATES, DENIZ ATASOY.University of Iowa, Department of Neuroscience a Pharmacology, Iowa City, IA, USA


3:30

Perinatal high-fat diet induces systemic inflammation during development and decreases expression of gut peptides in adulthood
LINDSEY K MACIAS1, 2, ZACHARY A CORDNER1, S ANDREW ASTON1, 2, JASMINE SHAKIR1, AKUL KESARWANI1, CLAIRE DE LA SERRE3, TIMOTHY H MORAN1, KELLIE L TAMASHIRO1, 2.1Psychiatry a Behavioral Sciences, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA.2Cellular and Molecular Medicine Graduate Program, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA.3Department of Nutritional Sciences, University of Georgia, Athens, GA, USA


3:45

Astrocyte lipid metabolism: Investigating its influence on the control of food intake and energy balance
KEILA NAVARRO I BATISTA, CHRISTELLE LE FOLL.Institute of Veterinary Physiology, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland


4:00

Myo-Inositol in the Dorsal Anterior Cingulate Cortex is Associated with Eating-Related Anxiety in Anorexia Nervosa.
KIMBERLY R.SMITH1, YULU SONG2, SARAH GUO1, ALLISYN PLETCH1, JOSEPH MCGUIRE1, JEFFREY BRUNSTROM3, TIMOTHY H.MORAN1, RICHARD A.E.EDDEN2, ANGELA GUARDA1.1Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, The Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA.2Department of Radiology and Radiological Sciences, The Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA.3School of Psychological Science, University of Bristol, Bristol, United Kingdom


4:15

Anxiety-related personality traits affect both taste responsiveness and food preferences
SARA SPINELLI1, CATERINA DINNELLA1, JOHN PRESCOTT1, 2, 3, ERMINIO MONTELEONE1.1University of Florence, Florence, Italy.2TasteMatters, Sydney, Australia.3University of Newcastle, Ourimbah, Australia
4:30 - 5:00 PM COFFEE BREAK & EXHIBITS
Foyer
5:00 - 7:00 PM SYMPOSIUM 1: NEUROINFLAMMATION
Chair/Organizer: Filip Morys, Emily Noble
Grand Ballroom II


5:00

Mural cells as integrators of neuro-inflammatory processes and metabolic signals
ISIDORA JELENKOVIC, LILIIA BUTIAEVA, PAARY BALAKUMAR, XIAOHONG LIU, MAIA KOKOEVA.McGill University Health Center Research Institute, Montreal, QC, Canada


5:30

Neuroinflammatory mediators in diet-induced mood deficits
STEPHANIE FULTON.Universite de Montreal *, Canada


6:00

Impact of hypercaloric diets on hypothalamic satiety pathways
CRISTINA GARCIA-CACERES 1, 2.1Helmholtz Munich, Neuherberg, Germany.2Ludwig-Maximilians-Universitat Muenchen, Munich, Germany


6:30

Hypothalamic inflammation and gliosis in humans
ELLEN SCHUR.University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA
5:00 - 7:00 PM ORAL SESSION 3: HINDBRAIN
Chair/Organizer: Alex Johnson, Arashdeep Singh
Grand Ballroom I


5:00

A 3 Week High Fat High Sugar Diet Inhibits Vagal Activation of NTS LepR Neurons in Male, but not Female, Mice
ROWAN J CALKINS, ELIZAVETA ZHIVAYA, SUZANNE M APPLEYARD.Integrative Physiology and Neuroscience, Washington State University, Pullman, WA, USA


5:15

Locus coeruleus control of food intake through glucagon-like peptide-1 and calcitonin receptor signaling
SAMANTHA FORTIN1, JACK CHEN1, MARISA PETTICORD1, GABRIELA GODIN2, FORREST RAGOZZINO3, JAMES PETERS3, MATTHEW HAYES1.1University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA.2Haverford College, Haverford, PA, USA.3Washington State University, Pullman, WA, USA


5:30

A Role for the Laterodorsal Tegmental Nucleus (LDTg) in Sugar-motivated Behaviors in Mice
A-HYUN JUNG1, LEAH J.WOOTTON2, BADRUDDIN MAHAMED3, KIERAN HEUNG2, AMELIA CAVE4, JACK BROWN2, BENJAMIN PHAN2, LINDSEY A.SCHIER1, 2.1Neuroscience Graduate Program, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA.2Human and Evolutionary Biology, Department of Biological Sciences, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA.3Quantitative Biology, Department of Biological Sciences, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA.4Health and Human Sciences, Department of Sociology, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA


Neuroscience

Activation of Brain Stem Glucagon Neurons Encodes Frequency-Dependent Negative Valence and Reversible Reductions in Feeding
CHRISTIAN N.LOPEZ BLANCO1, MIGUEL DURAN1, SONJA A.VIRKUS1, SAMMY STOCKING1, ESHITA YADAV1, JOTI SINGH1, VIVIAN RAMSEY1, KIRK M.HABB2, ANDREW J.HARDAWAY1.1Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Neurobiology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, USA.2Department of Medicine - Endocrinology, Diabetes a Metabolism, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, USA


6:00

The Coding of Visceral Senses in the Brainstem
CHEN RAN, JACK C.BOETTCHER, JUDITH A.KAYE, CATHERINE E.GALLORI, STEPHEN D.LIBERLES.Department of Cell Biology and Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Harvard University, Boston, MA, USA


6:15

Direct nucleus of the solitary tract inputs to the ventral tegmental area.
CAITLIN R.RITCHEY, DAVID J.ROSSI, JAMES H.PETERS.Washington State University, Pullman, WA, USA


6:30

The vagus nerve communicates satiation signals to the hippocampus through medial septum acetylcholine signaling.
LOGAN TIERNO LAUER1, LEA DECARIE-SPAIN1, ANDREA SUAREZ1, ANNA HAYES1, KESHAV SUBRAMANIAN1, GUILLAUME DE LARTIGUE2, KRISTEN DONOHUE1, KEVIN MYERS3, SCOTT KANOSKI1.1University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA.2Monell Chemical Sense Center, Philadelphia, PA, USA.3Bucknell University, Lewisburg, PA, USA


6:45

Central vagal afferent CCK1R signaling is blunted by a high-fat high-sugar diet.
ERIC T.WINZENRIED, NATHANEAL J.HUSTON, ROBERT C.RITTER, SUZANNE M.APPLEYARD.Integrative Physiology and Neuroscience, Washington State Univeristy, Pullman, WA, USA
7:00 - 9:00 PM NEW INVESTIGATOR EVENT
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Punch Bowl Social Portland
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Portland, OR 97204

The new investigator social is an opportunity for graduate students and post-docs to network.Food and bowling will be available to the first 60 participants.Drinks will be available for purchase.
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