SATURDAY - September 5, 2009

6.00 - 8:00 pm - Reception

Location: Fort Scratchley- our historic site with a great view; it is located within 5-min walking distance from the Hoah hotel. Thanks to our generous sponsors, welcome reception is free for all participants. Welcome!

 

SUNDAY - September 6, 2009

SESSION I - 8:30 - 10:10

8:30 - 8:50 - Bill Blessing - Australia - Rhythms of Life

8:50 - 9:10 - Kazuhiro Nakamura - Japan - Neural circuitry to defend body temperature from environmental thermal challenge

9:10 - 9:30 - Robin McAllen - Australia - Delving into the thermostat.

9:30 - 9:50 - Julian F.R. Paton - UK - The hypertensive brainstem

9:50 - 10:10 - Roham Walker - Australia - Catecholaminergic modulation of brain immune function during chronic stress

 

 

Coffee Break - 10:10 - 10:30

 

SESSION II - 10:30 - 11:50

10:30 - 10:50 - Benedito H. Machado - Brazil - Physiological responses to hypoxia in rats.

 

10:50 - 11:10 - Saxon White - Australia - Cholinoreceptor control differences do exist in the coronary circulation of mammals.

 

11:10 - 11: 30 - Anthony Quail - Australia - Evolutionary differences in baroreflex control of mammalian coronary conductance.

 

11:30 - 11:50 - Eugene Nalivaiko - Australia - Respiratory changes during alerting stimuli in rats.

11:50 - 12:10 - Damian McLeod - Australia - Evaluation of a modified airways internal diameter assessment: sonomicrometer for analysis of third generation airway reflexes in anesthetised and awake sheep.

 

Lunch – 12.10 – 2.00

 

SESSION III - 2:00 - 3:40

2:00 - 2:20 - Pascal Carrive - Australia - Retrograde lesions of bulbospinal A5 and C1 neurons with anti-DBH-saponin does not affect the cardiovascular and behavioral response to conditioned fear and restraint.

2:20 - 2:40 - Roger Dampney - Australia - Autonomic responses accompanying stress and voluntary exercise: similar pattern, different central mechanisms?

2:40 - 3:00 - Angela Grippo - USA - The integration of social behaviour, emotion, and cardiovascular dysregulation: what can we learn from socially monogamous rodents?

3:00 - 3:20 - Geoffrey Head - Australia - Possible role of the medial amygdala in the acute cardiovascular response to adversive stress.

 

Coffee Break - 3:40 - 4:00

 

SESSION IV - 4:00 - 5:20

4:00 - 4:20 - Tadachika Koganezawa - Japan - Differential responses of sympathetic premotor neurons in the medulla oblongata during defense response in the rabbit

4:20 - 4:40 - Anne Goodchild - Australia - Catecholamines in action under stress.

4:40 - 5:00 - Clive May - Australia - Distinct changes in sympathetic nerve activity to the heart and kidney in septic shock.

5:00 - 5:20 - Dmitry Mayorov - Australia - Angiotensin as a key regulator of sympathetic cardiovascular reactivity: the role of the stimulus valence and intensity.

 

Conference Dinner - 7:00 - 10:00pm

Location- restaurant of the same hotel as the meeting venue. Thanks to our sponsors, the dinner is free for all invited speakers. For all other guests, the price is AUD 60 pp (excluding drinks). Payment on arrival.

 

MONDAY - September 7, 2009

 

SESSION V - 8:30 - 9:50

8:30 - 8:50 - Sieste de Boer - Netherlands - Coping styles in animals: towards understanding the biology of individual differences and its implicatioins for health and disease.

8:50 - 9:10 - Paul Pilowsky - Australia - Neuromodulators and the central regulation of cardiovascular function.

9:10 - 9: 30 - Andrew Lawrence - Australia - Drugs, context and the autonomic nervous system.

9:30 - 9:50 - Tony Verberne - Australia - Brainstem control of glycaemia.

 

Coffee Break - 9:50 - 10:10

 

SESSION VI - 10:10 – 11:30

10:10 - 10:30 - Murray Esler - Australia - Essential hypertension: reversal of the neural pathophysiology and blood pressure lowering with renal artery catheter ablation of the sympathetic nerves of the kidneys.

10:30 - 10:50 - Ruy Campos - Brazil - Role of oxidative stress in renovascular hypertension.

10:50 - 11:10 - Fernando M. Correa - Brazil - Prosencephalic modulation of stress-induced cardiovascular responses in the rat.

11:10 - 11:30 - Mark Chapleau - USA - Acid-Sensing ion Channel-1a contributes to fear-evoked behavioral and cardiovascular response

11:30 - 11:50 - Patrick Mueller - USA - Physical (in)activity dependent plasticity in enural control of the circulation.

 

Lunch – 11.50 – 2.00

 

SESSION VII - 2:00 - 3:20

2:00 - 2:20 - Sérgio Cravo - Brazil - Cardiovascular adjustments in an animal model of obstructive sleep apnea

2:20 - 2:40 - Cheryl Heesch - USA - Pregnancy affects neural control of the circulation. I. Functional change

2:40 -3:00 - Ida Llewllyn Smith - Australia - Pregnancy affects neural control of the circulation. II. Anatomical change

3:00 - 3:20 - Rodrigo Menezes - Australia - Changes in Hippocampus theta rhythm and tail blood flow evoked by non-noxious stimulus

 

Coffee Break - 3:20 - 3:40

 

SESSION VIII - 3:40 – 5:00

 

3:40 - 4:00 - Willian Talman - USA - Selective chemical lesions in the nucleus tractus solitarii lead to cardiac toxicity and sudden death.

4:00 - 4:20 - Caroline Sevoz-Couche - France - Analysis of a new pathway involved in the alteration of reflex bradychardia in response to stress: study in rats and mice.

4:20 - 4:40 - Daniel B. Zoccal - Brazil - Respiratory-sympathetic coupling in chronic intermittent hypoxia

4:40 - 5:00 -Valdir Braga - Brazil - Angiotensis II and dietary salt induce changes in sympathetic activity via reactive oxygen species in the RVLM.