Hypothalamic Circuits for Control of Survival Behaviors
The hypothalamus plays a critical role in the regulation of essential behavioral processes, such as appetite, circadian, sexual, aggressive, and social behaviors. Consistent with the survival role of these behaviors, invertebrate brains have similarities in brain structures and neuropeptide usage. This conference brought together researchers investigating the role of hypothalamic neural circuits in mammals, rodents, and fish, along with related structures in invertebrates to advance understanding of relationship between brain structure, function, and evolutionarily conserved behaviors.
Organizers
Sydney Brenner, Janelia Research Campus/HHMI
Amita Sehgal, HHMI/University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine
Scott Sternson, Janelia Research Campus/HHMI
Joseph Takahashi, HHMI/University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
Invited Participants
David Anderson, HHMI/California Institute of Technology
Detlev Arendt, European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL)
Joseph Bass, Northwestern University
Seth Blackshaw, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Tiago Branco, MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology
Roger Cone, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine
Luis de Lecea, Stanford University
Joel Elmquist, UT Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas
Steven Flavell, HHMI/Rockefeller University
Michael Hastings, MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology
Samer Hattar, Johns Hopkins University
Lora Heisler, University of Aberdeen
Erik Herzog, Washington University in St. Louis
Tamas Horvath, Yale University
Dayu Lin, NYU Langone Medical Center
Bradford Lowell, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
Satchin Panda, Salk Institute for Biological Studies
David Prober, California Institute of Technology
David Raizen, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine
Michael Rosbash, HHMI/Brandeis University
Clifford Saper, Harvard University
Supriya Srinivasan, The Scripps Research Institute
Lisa Stowers, Scripps Research Institute
Garret Stuber, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Larry Swanson, University of Southern California
Paul Taghert, Washington University School of Medicine
Kay Tye, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Donald Whiting, Allegheny Health Network
