Track
:
Track 1 — Metabolism and Integrative Physiology
Program Code:
106
Date:
Sunday, October 2, 2011
Time:
1:45 PM to 2:45 PM
EST
SPEAKER
:
Robert Eckel, University of Colorado Denver
Description
Learning Objectives:
Review the history of lipoprotein (LPL) and fatty acid metabolism in the CNS.
Describe the developing phenoytpe of obestiy in mice with neuron-specific deletions of LPL, and hypothesize how modification of lipid metabolism by neurons relates to energy balance, body weight regulation, and systemic carbohydrate metabolism.