Functional Neurocircuitry of Feeding and Feeding Disorders (J8)

Functional Neurocircuitry of Feeding and Feeding Disorders (J8) is organized by Keystone Symposia on Molecular and Cellular Biology and will be held from Feb 10 - 14, 2019 at Fairmont Banff Springs, Banff, Alberta, Canada.

Course Description :
The Keystone Symposia conference on neuronal control of appetite is traditionally the leading gathering for scientific exchange among those studying the central control of energy homeostasis. The monogenetic syndromes of obesity in mouse and man played a fundamental role in the development of this field, and hence the field has heavily emphasized the control of feeding in models of obesity. However, many disorders of feeding and energy storage, including anorexia nervosa, disease cachexia, pediatric failure to thrive, Prader-Willi disease and progeria, are important, untreated medical conditions. The goal of this conference is to gather world leaders in the neural control of feeding and energy homeostasis, along with leaders in the pathophysiology of feeding and energy homeostasis. There is currently no meeting in the field that brings together these disparate groups of scientists. The conference will broaden the field by covering fundamental advances in the neural circuitry underlying feeding while including entire sessions devoted to anorexia nervosa, disease cachexia and feeding disorders across the lifespan. Additionally, while past Keystone Symposia conferences on the neuronal control of appetite have been heavily focused on the hypothalamic control of homeostatic feeding, this symposium will feature entire sessions devoted to the brainstem and telencephalic control of feeding.

Plenary Session Topics:
• Neural Circuitry Underlying Feeding Behavior
• Workshop 1: Research Opportunities in Eating Disorders
• Genetic Disorders of Feeding and Energy Storage
• Anorexia Nervosa
• Neural Circuits Underlying Nausea, Emesis and Aversive Responses
• Telencephalic Control of Feeding Behavior
• Feeding Across the Lifespan
• Disease Cachexia (Joint)
• Workshop 2: Late-Breaking Topics from Abstracts
• Drug Discovery for Eating Disorders

Additional details will be posted as soon as they are available.