Tuesday, 19th August The International Congress of Neuroendocrinology 2014

Herbert Herzog, Garvan Institute

• Vasotocin and V1aR exert organizational effects on early attachment and song learning in the zebra finch - Nicole M. Baran
• Manipulation of circulating Estradiol and local inhibition of a Z-gene, Tubulin specific chaperone Protein A, affect morphology of LMAN and RA in developing zebra finches - Linda Q Beach
• Food restriction-induced increases in GnIH cellular activation are attenuated at the time of estrous in Syrian hamsters (Mesocrietus auratus) - Noah Benton
• Olfaction, social behavior, and Arginine Vasopressin in California mice (P. californicus) - Janet K Bester-Meredith
• Sex differences in astrocyte number and complexity in the mouse VMH - Jennifer L Brummet
• The rapid effects of Hippocampal Estrogen receptors on social recognition learning in female mice - Elena Choleris
• Assessment of rapid estradiol effects in the hippocampus on social learning in female ovariectomized mice - Elena Choleris
• The role of dorsal hippocampal dopamine D1-type receptor inhibition, using SCH23390, on social learning, feeding behavior and social interactions in male and female mice. - Elena Choleris
• Synthetic glucocorticoid treatment induces prolonged activation of glucocorticoid receptors in discrete brain regions and impairs memory and learning processes in the rat. - Becky L Conway-Campbell
• Effects of adolescent sex hormone manipulation on drug-induced hyperactivity and pre-pulse inhibition in BDNF heterozygous mice - Xin Du
• The “ram effect”: a model for new insights into how the activity of the gonadotropic axis can be modulated by socio-sexual interactions. - Claude Fabre-Nys
• Nucleus accumbens dopamine and the disinhibitory effect of alcohol on conditioned sexual inhibition in male rats: A microdialysis study - Katuschia Germe
• Prolactin-sensitive GABAergic neurons contribute to the normal postpartum expression of maternal behaviour - Rosemary SE Brown
• Postpartum stage and litter age interact to affect postpartum socioemotional behaviors and midbrain tryptophan hydroxylase 2 expression - Zach Grieb
• Administration of oxytocin and vasopressin facilitates conditioned mate-guarding behavior in female rats. - Amanda Holley
• Influence of peripubertal GnRH agonist treatment on long term spatial memory  - Denise Hough
• Female partner preference affects male sexual maturation in monogamous teleost false clown anemonefish (Amphiprion ocellaris) - Eri Iwata
• Anxiety signaling within the social behavior neural network - David Kabelik
• SRC-1 mRNA expression is increased in the male green anole brain during the breeding season. - Halie Kerver
• Testosterone regulations on male sexual behavior and emission of ultrasounds in mice. - Takefumi Kikusui
• Reproductive experience and hormone status interact to affect spatial memory and hippocampal neuron activation in middle age female rats - Stephanie E Lieblich
• The effects of chemosensory cues on amygdaloid neurogenesis and behaviors in the socially monogamous prairie vole (Microtus ochrogaster) - Yan Liu
• Estradiol facilitation of cocaine-induced locomotor sensitization in female rats requires activation of mGluR5 - Luis A Martinez
• A role for nonapeptides in zebra finch nesting behaviour - Simone L Meddle
• Neonatal oxytocin treatments recover social deficits in oxytocin knock-out mice. - Kazutaka Mogi
• Activation of estrogen receptor α in the medial amygdala during pubertal period is essential for the full expression of male-type social behavior in mice. - Sonoko Ogawa
• Survival of new neurons in the olfactory bulb after paced mating by the female rat  - Raul G Paredes
• Estradiol recruits the cannabinoid system to enhance psychostimulant locomotor sensitization in female rats. - Brittni M Peterson
• Tissue steroid levels are associated with female social status, but not rates of behavior, nor ovarian function - Devaleena S Pradhan
• Differential expression of Fos-family protein in the maternal and non-maternal brain - Christina M. Ragan
• Oxytocin and vasopressin: countervailing roles in happiness, anxiety, and social relationships among older adults in the United States - Teofilo L. Reyes
• Oxytocin, wealth, and education: Social environment predicts neuropeptide levels related to a measure of dominance - Teofilo L Reyes
• Estradiol, synthesized by reactive astrocytes, is a potent anti-inflammatory following neural damage. - Colin J Saldanha
• The effects of reproductive state and egg-laying decisions on bluebanded goby (Lythrypnus dalli) hormones and behavior - Tessa K Solomon-Lane
• Sex differences in Nitric Oxide Synthase in the MPN mag  - Jennifer Swann
• Testosterone rapidly effects the processing of sex pheromones through androgenic receptor mechanisms in goldfish - Richmond Thompson
• Acute estradiol regulation of social behaviors - Nandini Vasudevan
• Progesterone receptor activity during development is critical for cognitive flexibility performance in adulthood - Jari Willing

• Arcuate nucleus homeostatic systems reflect blood Leptin concentration but not feeding behaviour during scheduled feeding on a high fat diet in mice - Tina Bake
• TNFα-induced inflammation and nitrosative stress enhances the anorexogenic actions of insulin in POMC neuronal models. - Denise D Belsham
• Inulin consumption causes an increase in neuronal activation within the hypothalamic arcuate nucleus  - Lucy Brooks
• Systemic α-MSH regulates peripheral glucose homeostasis through melanocortin-5 receptor, an effect independent of insulin.     - Weiyi Chen
• Leptin and insulin signaling in POMC neurons act synergistically to mediate energy homeostasis - Garron T Dodd
• Hypothalamic leptin sensitivity is preserved in the absence of neuronal insulin receptor signaling - Maggie C Evans
• Study on glucose metabolism via G-protein-coupled estrogen receptor 1 expression in the hypothalamus - Atsushi Fukushima
• Measuring glucokinase enzyme activity in hypothalamic nuclei using a modified glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase based assay - Chris Holton
• The effect of neurosecretory protein GL, a novel small secretory protein, on energy homeostasis in rats - Kunihiro Kondo
• Exploration of the GH/IGF-1 axis, appetite and metabolism in GHS-R deficient mice - Alexandra Labarthe
• Suppressed hypothalamic response to insulin during pregnancy in the rat - Sharon R Ladyman
• Using a network model to explain oscillatory spike patterns and study signal processing in the ventromedial nucleus of the hypothalamus - Duncan J MacGregor
• Mitochondrial uncoupling differentially regulates electrical excitability of NPY and POMC neurones in the arcuate nucleus. - Natalie J Michael
• Molecular markers of weight loss following sleeve gastrectomy surgery - Tamara C Preda
• Voluntary exercise during pregnancy reduced risk for metabolic disease in adult rat offspring - Mukesh Raipuria
• Estrous cycle oscillations in Syrian hamster ingestive and sex behavior are amplified by cold ambient temperature or exercise - Jill E Schneider
• Overexpression of neurosecretory protein GM, a novel small secretory protein, in the rat brain - Kenshiro Shikano
• How the central melanocortin neurons control peripheral blood glucose.  - Stephanie E Simonds
• Improving efficacy of the adjustable gastric band in a rodent model - use of adjuvant approaches - Aneta Stefanidis
• Metabolic requirements to sustain NEFA and glucose homeostasis overrides the role of growth hormone in promoting rapid linear growth in hyperphagic MC4RKO mice - Hwee Yim Angeline Tan
• Central inhibition of IKKb-NF-κB signalling attenuates high fat diet- induced obesity and glucose intolerance - Alexander Tups
• Snord116 is critical in the regulation of food intake and bodyweight - Qi Yue

• Peripheral insulin action and brain integrity: effects of chronological and biological age. - Abimbola A Akintola
• Estrogen increases growth of medulloblastoma through estrogen receptor β mediated pro-survival increases in insulin-like growth factor receptor 1 (IGF-1R) signalling - Scott Belcher
• A novel germline SDHD mutation in a patient with recurrent familial carotid body tumor and concomitant pheochromocytoma - Eun Sook Kim
• Determining a role for multiple non-coding RNA species from the SNORD116 locus in Prader-Willi Syndrome - Joseph Polex Wolf
• Prevalence of germline AIP mutations in patients with apparently sporadic pituitary adenomas with a clinical history before age 40 years - Veronica A Preda
• Multiple Endocrine Neoplasia type 1 (MEN1) and malignant peripheral nerve sheath tumour (MPNST) – a new association? - Veronica Preda
• Molecular characterization of an animal model of acromegaly induced by implantation of GC somatotroph tumor cell line - Alfonso Soto Moreno
• Two cases of non-neoplastic pituitary mass lesions: Primary hypothyroidism and IgG4-related hypophysitis - Kazuhiro Takahashi
• Craniopharyngioma: a single center experience from 2000 to 2012. - Eva María Venegas Moreno
• Decreased apparent diffusion coefficient in pituitary and correlated with hypopituitarism in patients with traumatic brain injury - Ping Zheng

• Sex differences in the photoperiodic regulation of RFRP and its receptor GPR147 in the Syrian hamster. - Jo B Henningsen
• Effects of developmental exposure to environmental chemicals on ERα immunoexpression in the adult ovine sexually dimorphic nucleus - Michelle Bellingham
•  Optogenetic activation of mouse GnRH neurons in vivo - Pauline Campos
• Time-dependent, melatonin-induced up-regulation of anti-angiogenic Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor (VEGF) isoforms from ovine pituitary pars tuberalis cells during the annual reproductive cycle   - Jennifer Castle-Miller
• Effects of endocrine disrupting chemicals (EDCs) on reproductive success and offspring viability in adult zebra finches, phase 1 of a transgenerational study - Debora Christensen
• Postnatal defeminization of a neuroendocrine pulse generator in the rat hypothalamus. - Philippe Ciofi
• Effects of tamoxifen on estrogen regulation of luteinizing hormone and prolactin secretion in female rats - Patricia Costa Henriques
• Male-excreted 17β-estradiol arrives in the brain and uterus of cohabiting females, influencing their reproductive state - Denys deCatanzaro
• Novel male exposure and predator stress similarly disrupt blastocyst implantation while suppressing uterine closure and levels of uterine e-cadherin in mice - Denys deCatanzaro
• Stochasticity in GnRH neuronal network: origin and mathematical modeling. - Anne Duittoz
• Acute restraint stress decreases Gonadotropin−inhibitory hormone immunoreactivity in the Zebra Finch Hypothalamus - Darcy K Ernst
• Effects of peripubertal blockade of GnRH action on thyroid structure in adult male and female sheep - Neil P Evans
• The zebrafish preoptico-hypophysial dopaminergic neurons: origin and development of the inhibitory pathway controlling the gonadotrope function. - Romain Fontaine
• Modulation of GnRH neurons activity in vivo affects Wnt/β-catenin and BMP signaling in the anterior pituitary gland of female rats - Alina Gajewska
• Sex bodies mean sexy brains: sexual dimorphism in lizards predicts brain structure. - Daniel Hoops
• Regional differences in sex steroid action on formation of sexually dimorphic nuclei in mice - Moeko Kanaya
• Impaired hypothalamic leptin sensitivity in pseudopregnant rats treated with chronic prolactin to mimic pregnancy. - Pene J Knowles
• Circadian clockwork and the GnRH pulse generator - Xiaofeng LI
• Changes in GnIH cell numbers across the oestrous cycle and with season in the mare. - Briony M McGrath
• The fate of pubertally born cells in the female rat AVPV - Margaret A Mohr
• Modification of a robust neuronal circuit between arcuate GABA neurons and GnRH neurons in a mouse model of polycystic ovarian syndrome - Aleisha M Moore
• Melanocortin receptor expression in the hypothalamo-pituitary-gonadal system of WT and MC₃ null mice - Joanne F Murray
• Status differences in gonadotropin inhibitory hormone (GnIH) in the naked mole-rat brain - Deane E Peragine
• The influence of Leptin on RFRP-3 neurons of mice in development and adulthood - Matthew C. Poling
• Presence and bioavailability of bisphenol A in reproductive tissues after low dietary doses, and exacerbation by concurrent exposure to triclosan - Tyler Pollock
• Deletion of ERa from RFamide-related peptide-3 (RFRP-3)neurons disrupts the feedback effects of estradiol on LH secretion and fertility - Mohammed Z Rizwan
• The effect of intravenous infusion of gonadotrophin inhibitory hormone (GnIH) on luteinising hormone (LH) secretion in male merino sheep. - Jessica L Rose
• Alteration of olfaction and taste during pregnancy - hormones and trace elements - Minori Shibata
• Effect of kappa opioid blockade on physiological prolactin surges - Andrea M Stathopoulos
• A female-dominant sexually dimorphic area sandwiched between male-dominant sexually dimorphic nuclei in brain of mice - Chaw Kyi Tha Thu
• Neuropilin-1 expression in GnRH neurons is required for the normal onset of puberty and GnRH cells distribution - Charlotte Vanacker
• Estrogen-induced changes in gene expressions related to the brain sexual differentiation in rodents - Youki Watanabe
• Involvement of the brain stem calcitonin gene-related peptide in suckling stimulus during lactation - Shunji Yamada
• Leptin responsive neurons project to the rostral preoptic area in mice - Wieteke A Zuure

• Hormonal and neural responses to acute stress in an animal model of perimenopause - Adesina P. Arikawe
• Sex differences in the stress response: female rats are more sensitive - Ai-Min Bao
• Prenatal stress causes sex specific persistent reductions in myelination and reactive astrocytes in adolescent guinea pig offspring. - Greer A Bennett
• Olfactory induced conditioning of the stress response in the rat - Valerie R Bishop
• Changes in the hippocampal nitrergic system during short term restraint stress - Hsiao-Jou Chen
• Developmental stress increases reproductive success in male zebra finches - Ondi Crino
• STRESS- AND AROUSAL-ASSOCIATED RELAXIN-3/RXFP3 NETWORKS AND CONTROL OF AFFECT AND COGNITION: STUDIES IN TRANSGENIC MICE  - Mouna Haidar
• RFamide-related peptide-3 modulates basal and stress-induced suppression of GnRH pulse generator frequency in female rats - Shengyun Li
• Investigating the effects of early life experience on the response to acute stress in adulthood - Kimberly Long
• Early life stress induced by limited nesting had no effect on spatial memory and anxiety-like behaviour but improved object recognition in female rats - Jayanthi Maniam
• Changes in stress hormone receptors across the breeding season: an adaptation for song birds breeding at high latitude? - Simone L Meddle
• Citalopram induces Ring Finger Protein38 in the medaka brain - Shogo Moriya
• Habenular Kiss1 neurons modulate fear via neurotransmitter assistance to regulate the 5-HT system - Fatima M Nathan
• Differential effects of tianeptine on dorsal hippocampal volume in rats subjected to early stress and variable chronic stress during adulthood - Antonella Pollano
• Evaluation of the antioxidant effect of Dapsone in a model of traumatic Spinal Cord Injury in rat based on the amount of reduced Glutathione - Angel Solana Rojas
• Restraint stress induces rapid changes in hippocampal redox status accompanied by an up-regulation of protective antioxidant genes - Jereme G Spiers

• Clomiphene citrate rejuvenates delta cells of anterior pituitary gland following distortion by kolaviron in female wistar rats. - Sunday Adelaja Ajayi
• Prolactin effects on oxytocin neuron activity in pregnant and lactating rats - Rachael A Augustine
• Activating transcription factor 6α is required for the maintenance of endoplasmic reticulum function in vasopressin neurons under dehydration - Yoshinori Azuma
• Oxytocin acts as a potent ethanol antagonist in vivo and in vitro possibly via non-oxytocin receptor mediated blockade of ethanol enhanced activity at GABA_A δ subunit containing receptor interfaces - Michael T Bowen
• The oxytocin-monomeric red fluorescent protein 1 fusion gene expression after central injection of colchicine in transgenic rat - Hirofumi Hashimoto
• In vivo and real-time monitoring of GFP-expression neuron in the rat hypothalamus via optical fiber - Norio Iijima
• Fluorescent visualization of the hypothalamic oxytocin neurons activated by nociceptive stress and gastrointestinal hormones in rats expressing oxytocin-monomeric red fluorescent protein 1 fusion transgene - Yasuhito Motojima
• Evaluation of Neuroendocrine Dysfunction on the acute, subacute and chronic phases of Traumatic Brain Injury - Godwin Ojieh
• Interaction of prorenin with the (pro)renin receptor leads to a calcium-dependent increase in firing activity of magnocellular hypothalamic neurons. - Maria S Pitra
• Changes in hypothalamic kisspeptin expression during pregnancy in rats - Alexander J Seymour
• Loss of function mutations in PNPLA6 cause Hypogonadotropic Hypogonadism due to impaired LH release from Pituitary Gonadotropes.  - Kemal A Topaloglu
• A role of nesfatin-1/NucB2 in dehydration-induced anorexia - Mitsuhiro Yoshimura

• Improving Antipsychotic-Induced Metabolic Side-Effects Using a GLP-1 Receptor Agonist - Ilijana Babic
• Ghrelin mediates the neuroprotective effects of Calorie Restriction in Parkinson’s Disease - Jackie Bayliss
• Central stimulation of GH secretion by testosterone in men is mediated by aromatisation to oestrogen - Vita Birzniece
• Langerhans cell histiocytosis of pituitary gland - zeynep canturk
• Estradiol rapidly modulates visceral nociception at the level of primary sensory neurons - Victor Chaban
• Interactions between estradiol and group 1 mGluR signaling influence dendritic spine density in the female rat nucleus accumbens - Kellie Gross
• Altered steroidogenesis in patients with Alzheimer's disease - Martin Hill
• Pregnane steroids and estriol are increased in the circulation of women with multiple sclerosis - Radmila Kanceva
• Insulin sensitizers block or reverse effects of prenatal Testosterone exposure on dopamine expression in the Ventral Tegmental Area in female sheep - Michael Lehman
• Prenatal testosterone exposure increases dopamine expression in the ventral tegmental area in adult ewes via prenatal androgen receptor activation - Michael Lehman
• Altered glucose and fatty acid metabolism in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) - Shyuan Ngo
• Tumourigenesis cascade of wnt signalling with mutations in CTNNB1 and BRAFV600 genetically distinguish papillary and adamantinomatous craniopharyngiomas - Veronica A Preda
• Molecular modules of maternal care: Neural gene expression in the mouth-brooding cichlid A. burtoni.  - Suzy CP Renn
• Adverse early life environment supresses neurogenesis and induces oligodendrogenesis in the hippocampus - Kereshmeh Taravosh-Lahn
• CNP forms in cerebrospinal fluid: evidence for restricted entry from the peripheral circulation in pregnant sheep - Michele O Wilson
• Kappa opioid receptor is present within a majority of KNDy neurons in the ewe - Michael Lehman

• I still remember her perfume: differential susceptibility of association of estrous and neutral odor cues during first sexual experiences in the male rat. - Gonzalo R. Quintana Zunino

• Surprising origins of sex differences in the brain - Margaret M McCarthy

• Design and profiling of new selective KISS1R agonists that stimulate the reproductive system - Massimiliano Beltramo
• Kisspeptin regulation of arcuate neuron excitability in a Gpr54-independent manner - Xinhuai Liu
• Implantation failure in female Kiss1^-/- mice is independent of their hypogonadic state and can be partially rescued by leukemia inhibitory factor. - Andy V Babwah
• The relative importance of the arcuate and anteroventral periventricular kisspeptin neurones in control of puberty and reproductive function in female rats - Minghan HU
• Kisspeptin signalling is required to maintain Progesterone levels during mouse pregnancy. - William H Colledge
• Estradiol benzoate infusion into the stalk median eminence (S-ME) of ovariectomized female rhesus monkeys rapidly stimulates kisspeptin release. - Brian P Kenealy
• Characterisation of a new Kiss-Cre knock-out mouse model - Shel-Hwa Yeo
• Evidence for increased hypothalamic kisspeptin signaling during breeding season in the free ranging adult male rhesus monkeys.  - Tanzeel Huma

• A new hypothalamic area enriched with perineuronal nets having bidirectional connections between the lateral septum - Mayumi Nishi
• Dynamics of adrenal glucocorticoid steroidogenesis in health and disease - Francesca Spiga
• The glutamatergic basis of anxious/depressive-like behavior in prenatally stressed rats - Jordan Marrocco
• The development of the mouse oxytocin system: potential organizational effects on behavior - Heather K Caldwell
• Loss of miRNA-103/107 perturbs normal development of pro-opiomelanocortin neurons - Sophie Croizier
• Comparison of drinking and Fos expression in the hypothalamus of conscious rats after intravenous or intracerebroventricular secretin - Michael J McKinley
• Relapse to methamphetamine-seeking behaviour is reduced by oxytocin administration into the nucleus accumbens core and subthalamic nucleus of the rat - Sarah J Baracz
• Inescapable tail shock increases tph2 mRNA and Tph2 protein selectively in the dorso-caudal dorsal raphe nucleus, and interacts with cold swim stress to cause a proinflammatory cytokine milieu and depressive-like behavior - Nina C Donner

Presenters:

Luba Sominsky - Calorie restriction, anxiety and the HPA axis
Aneta Stefanidis - Neuroendocrine mechanisms underlying bariatric surgery
Nora Straznicky - The sympathetic nervous system and the metabolic syndrome
Steven Yau - Leptin and insulin sensitivity - involvement of the sympathetic nervous system