Symposium

Brain mechanisms of palatability from a viewpoint of neurochemicals in the brain.

January 26,2000 (Tokyo)

Introductory remarks: Brain mechanisms of palatability. Takashi Yamamoto, Guraduate School of Human Sciences, Osaka University
Food intake and neurochemicals in the brain. Akikazu Takada, School of Medicine, Hamamatsu University
Feeling and brain function in human: non-invasive analysis of brain activitiy. Masayuki Kobayashi, Department of Nueroscience, Osaka Bioschience Institute
Orexins: Neuropeptides that regulate feeding behavior. Takeshi Sakurai, Institute of Basic Medical Sciences, University of Tsukuba
Feeding behavior and energy metabolism regulated by hypothalamic histamine neurons. Hironobu Yoshimatsu, School of Medicine, Oita Medical University
Finding of brain factors esponsible for palatability:a method utilizing Hydra glutatione-induced response. Kazumitsu Hanai, Laboratory of Physics, Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine
Palatability-induced ingestion and neurochemicals. Tsuyoshi Shimura, Graduate School of Human Sciences, Osaka University