Symposium:               Neural Control of the Circulation in Health and Disease

 

Track:                         Regulatory Brain

Monday, 10:30 AM—12:30 PM, 31 B/C

Chaired:                       Robin Davisson and Roger Dampney

Sponsored by:              Experimental Physiology

 

10:30 AM                    Hypothalamic control of cardiovascular function: short-term and long-term mechanisms. Roger Dampney. Univ. of Sydney.

 

10:50 AM                    Oxidative stress in the brain and cardiovascular disease. Robin Davisson. Univ. of Iowa.

 

11:10 AM                    Central nervous system control of blood pressure: role of nitric oxide and rho kinase in the brainstem. Aki Takeshita. Toranomon Hosp.

 

11:30 AM                    The role of nitric oxidase synthase genes at the RVLM in cardiovascular regulation. Julie Chan. Kaohsiung Veterans General Hosp.

 

11:50 AM                    Neural circulatory mechanisms linking sleep, death and the heart. Virend Somers. Mayo Clin.