Session Information
2011 Obesity Society Annual Scientific Meeting
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Orexin Action in Ingestion and Reward
Track
:
Track 2 — Neuroscience
Program Code:
311
Date:
Tuesday, October 4, 2011
Time:
3:30 PM to 5:00 PM
EST
SPEAKER
(S):
Gina Leinninger, University of Michigan
Alan Watts, University of Southern California
Paul Kenny, The Scripps Research Institute
Description
Learning Objectives:
- Explain an overview of the orexin system and define its role in comsummatory behaviors.
- Outline recent advances in the development of novel orexin 1 receptor antagonists as potential small molecule therapeutics for addiction.
- Describe the role of hypothalamic peptides in anorexia and feeding behavior.
- Discuss the role of orexins in the behavioral switching that occurs when dehydration anorexia is terminated.
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