UNESP-UF-UTHSCSA Symposium: "Hypertension Research Exchange Program: Central Nervous System and Angiotensin II" December 2 to 6, 2013 at School of Dentistry of Araraquara, UNESP Organizers: Eduardo Colombari and Débora S.A. Colombari Associated to the Course: CFS-245 – Citocinas e Hipertensão/Profa. Dra. Débora Simões de Almeida Colombari (Joint Graduate Program in Physiological Sciences PIPGCF UFSCar/UNESP) December 2 – Monday – SALA 26 – PRÉDIO BIOMORFOLÓGICAS 10:00 – 12:00 – ARTERIAL PRESSURE REGULATION – AN OVERVIEW Débora S. A. Colombari, PhD, São Paulo State University (UNESP), School of Dentistry -FOAr, Araraquara, SP, Brazil. 12:00 – 14:00 – LUNCH 14:00 - 15:15 - NEUROADAPTIVE RESPONSES TO CHRONIC INTERMITTENT HYPOXIA – Glenn Toney, PhD, The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio (UTHSCSA), San Antonio, TX, USA. 15:15 – 16:30 – UNDERSTADING RESPIRATION TO UNDERSTAND HYPERTENSION: INSIGHTS FROM HYPOXIA MODELS. Daniel B. Zoccal, PhD, São Paulo State University (UNESP), School of Dentistry -FOAr, Araraquara, SP, Brazil. 16:30 – 16:45 - COFFEE BREAK 16:45 – 17:15 – CONTROL OF SYMPATHETIC AND PHRENIC NERVE ACTIVITY BY CHOLINERGIC MECHANISMS WITHIN THE NUCLEUS OF THE SOLITARY TRACT - Werner Issao Furuya – PhD Student, São Paulo State University (UNESP), School of Dentistry -FOAr, Araraquara, SP, Brazil (Joint Graduate Program in Physiological Sciences PIPGCF UFSCar/UNESP). 17:15 – 17:45 - A1 NORADRENERGIC NEURONS LESIONS REDUCE NATRIURESIS AND HYPERTENSIVE RESPONSES TO HYPERNATREMIA IN RATS. Elaine F Silva, PhD student, Federal Universtity of Goias, Goiania, GO, Brazil. 17:45 – 18:00 - DISCUSSION December 3 – Tuesday –SALA 1 – PRÉDIO ODONTOLOGIA 08:30 – 09:15 - POSITIVE AND NEGATIVE REGULATORS OF KININ RECEPTORS EXPRESSION IN INFECTION AND INFLAMMATION Pedro Paulo Chaves de Souza, PhD, São Paulo State University (UNESP), School of Dentistry -FOAr, Araraquara, SP, Brazil 09:15 – 10:30 - INFLAMMATORY PROCESSES IN NEUROGENIC HYPERTENSION: MICROGLIA AND BEYOND - Colin Sumners, PhD, University of Florida (UF), College of Medicine, Gainesville, FL, USA. 10:30 – 10:45 - COFFEE- BREAK 10:45 – 12:00 – BRAIN CYTOKINES IN NEUROGENIC CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE: THE LONG AND THE SHORT OF IT – Glenn Toney, PhD, The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio (UTHSCSA), San Antonio, TX, USA. 12:00 – 14:00 - LUNCH 14:00 – 14:20 – CARDIORESPIRATORY CHANGES BY CAFETERIAINDUCED OBESITY– Guilherme Fleury Fina Speretta, PhD student, São Paulo State University (UNESP), School of Dentistry -FOAr, Araraquara, SP, Brazil (Joint Graduate UFSCar/UNESP). Program in Physiological Sciences PIPGCF 14:20 – 14:40 – THE PRESSOR MECHANISMS ACTIVATED BY CENTRAL ANGIOTENSIN II ARE INHIBITED BY HYDROGEN PEROXIDE. Mariana Ruiz Lauar – PhD student, São Paulo State University (UNESP), School of Dentistry -FOAr, Araraquara, SP, Brazil (Joint Graduate Program in Physiological Sciences PIPGCF UFSCar/UNESP). 14:40 – 15:20 - LEPTIN AND BREATHING CONTROL – Mirian Bassi, PhD, São Paulo State University (UNESP), School of Dentistry -FOAr, Araraquara, SP, Brazil. 15:20 – 15:40 – coffee Break 15:40 – 16:50 – FOREBRAIN AND HINDBRAIN MECHANISMS INVOLVED ON SODIUM INTAKE – José Vanderlei Menani, PhD, São Paulo State University (UNESP), School of Dentistry -FOAr, Araraquara, SP, Brazil 16:50 – 17:20 - DISCUSSION December 4 – Wednesday – SALA 1 PRÉDIO ODONTOLOGIA 08:00 - 12:00 – NO LECTURES - PI'S DISCUSSION OF ONGOING AND FUTURE PROJECTS. 12:00 – 14:00 – LUNCH 14:00 - 15:15 - RANDOMNESS IN FEED-FORWARD SYMPATHETIC CONTROL CIRCUITRY – Glenn Toney, PhD, The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio (UTHSCSA), San Antonio, TX, USA. 15:15 – 15:45 - SYMPATHETIC OVER ACTIVITY OCCURS BEFORE THE HYPERTENSION IN THE TWO-KIDNEY ONE CLIP MODEL - Eduardo Colombari, PhD, São Paulo State University (UNESP), School of Dentistry FOAr, Araraquara, SP, Brazil. 15:45 – 16:00 – COFFEE BREAK 16:00 – 17:15 - PROTECTIVE EFFECTS OF THE RENIN ANGIOTENSIN SYSTEM IN CEREBROVASCULAR DYSFUNCTION. Colin Sumners, PhD, University of Florida (UF), College of Medicine, Gainesville, FL, USA. 17:15 – 18:00 - DISCUSSION December 5 – Thursday NO LECTURES - PI'S DISCUSSION OF ONGOING AND FUTURE PROJECTS. December 6 – Friday – SALA 1 PRÉDIO ODONTOLOGIA 09:00 – 10:15 - PURINERGIC MODULATION OF PRE-BÖTZINGER COMPLEX RHYTHM GENERATION. Gregory D. Funk, PhD, Department of Physiology, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada. 10:15 – 10:35 – INVOLVEMENT OF PURINERGIC RECEPTOR IN THE NTS IN THE HYPERVENTILATION INDUCED BY HYPOXIA - Naira – PhD Student, São Paulo State University (UNESP), School of Dentistry FOAr, Araraquara, SP, Brazil (Joint Graduate Program in Physiological Sciences PIPGCF UFSCar/UNESP). 10:35 – 11:45 – PURINERGIC RECEPTORS EXPRESSED BY C1 NEURONS DETERMINE CHEMORECEPTOR MODULATION OF BREATHING AND SYMPATHETIC ACTIVITY – Thiago S. Moreira, PhD, Department of Physiology and Biophysics, Institute of Biomedical Science University of São Paulo, São Paulo, SP, Brazil 12:00 – 14:00 - LUNCH 14:00 – 15:15 - AT2R IN BRAIN: A NEW LOOK AT THEIR LOCALIZATION, AND EFFECTS IN HEALTH AND CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE - Colin Sumners, PhD, University of Florida (UF), College of Medicine, Gainesville, FL, USA. 15:15 – 16:00 – THE ACUTE AND CHRONIC CARDIOVASCULAR EFFECTS OF THE ANGIOTENSIN II TYPE 2 RECEPTOR (AT2R) – THE MISSING PIECE OF THE JIGSAW? Prashant Jay Ruchaya, PhD, São Paulo State University (UNESP), School of Dentistry -FOAr, Araraquara, SP, Brazil. 16:00 – 16:30 – DISCUSSION 16:30 - CLOSING REMARKS – Débora S. A. Colombari and Eduardo Colombari SPONSORS: FAPESP, FAPESP/PRONEX, CNPq; PROPe-UNESP Joint Graduate Program in Physiological UFSCar/UNESP School of Dentistry, UNESP, Araraquara Sciences PIPGCF