Program 1
taste-brain-gut axis Current topics on taste-brain-gut axis in food intake regulation S1-1. Feeding-associated glucose metabolism in skeletal muscle via hypothalamic orexin system Tetsuya Shiuchi, Yasuhiko Minokoshi National Institute for Physiological Sciences, Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism S1-2. Mechanisms of neural response to the ingested nutrients Tomokazu Tsurugizawa, Akira Uematsu, Akihiko Kitamura, Hisayuki Uneyama, and Kunio Torii Institute of Life Sciences, Ajinomoto Co. Inc. S1-3. Nesfatin-1-regulated oxytocinergic signaling in the paraventricular nucleus causes melanocortin-dependent anorexia Udval Sedbazar 1, Yuko Maejima 1, Masatomo Mori 2, Toshihiko Yada 1 Jichi Medical University School of Medicine 1, Gunma University Graduate School of Medicine 2 S1-4. Association between taste sensitivity and risk of diabetes in older Japanese adults Toshihiro Ansai 1, Shuji Awano 1, Akihiro Yoshida 1, Inho Soh 1, Tetsuro Mineoka 1, Yuji Seta 2, Kuniaki Toyoshima 2 Divisions of 1 Community Oral Health Science, and 2 Division of Oral Histology and Neurobiology, Kyushu Dental College
Special symposium cooperated with Asian scientists S2-1. The internal environment status modulates sweet and salty tastes Jianqun Yan, Ke Chen, Bo Lu, Jinrong Li and Huiling Sun Department of Physiology and Pathophysiology, Key Laboratory of Environment and Genes Related to Diseases, Ministry of Education, Xi an Jiaotong University School of Medicine, 76# West Yanta Road, Xi an, Shaanxi 710061, P. R.. China S2-2. Ultrastructural changes and expression of interferon-γ receptor and cleaved caspase-3 protein in the circumvallate taste bud cells after arecoline treatment in mice Wei-Hau Pang and Kuo-Shyan Lu Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology, College of Medicine, National Taiwan University, 1-1, Jen-Ai Road, Taipei, Taiwan S2-3. Effects of exposure to an unpleasant odor in rodent olfactory sensory neurons Cheil Moon Department of Brain Science, Graduate School, DGIST (Daegu-Gyeongbuk Institute of Science & Technology) Daegu, Republic of Korea
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Invited lecture SL-1. Solitary chemosensory cells of the nasal cavity: linking irritation to inflammation Thomas E. Finger, Brian Gulbransen, Marco Tizzano Rocky Mountain Taste & Smell Center, Univ. Colorado School of Medicine Aurora, CO 80045, USA. SL-2. Functional organization of taste buds. Sue C. Kinnamon and Aurelie Vandenbeuch. Dept. of Otolaryngology and Rocky Mountain Taste and Smell Center, University of Colorado Denver, Aurora, CO 80045, USA.
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