Program at a glance

 Session I : Chair Toshiro Fujita

1

Lifestyle and pathogenesis of EH: Lessons from Epidemiology

2 

Genetics of EH - critical role of gene-environment

3 

Epigenetic basis of fetal programming

4 

System view of neural, renal and vascular mechanisms and their effect on EH phenotypes

 Session II : Chair Paul Korner

5 

The CNS basis of salt sensitivity

6 

Role and regulation of MBG in salt induced hypertension 

7 

Effect of (endogenous) ouabain on resistance arteries: not all cardiotonic steroids are equal

8 

2 abstract - based talks

 Session III : Chair Mordecai Blaustein

9 

Kidney-CNS Interactions

10

Brain ROS and SNS in salt and obesity-induced hypertension

 Session IV : Chair Murray Esler

11

Aldosterone and obesity

12

Sympathetic-Nitric Oxide interactions in Obesity Hypertension

13

Role of Neurohumoral Mediators in Obesity Hypertension

14

Sedentary behaviours and physical activity

 Session V : Chair Lawrence Appel

15

Panic Disorder and Essential Hypertension are Commonly Comorbid: Relevance to the Mental Stress Origins of Hypertension

16

The Schlager mice: A model of stress induced hypertension.

17

Neural biological markers of stress in essential hypertension

 Session VI : Chair Frans Leenen

18

Acquired brain salt sensitivity

19

Intracellular sodium sensor

20

Salt,obesity and hypertension

 Session VII : Chair Garry Jennings