Posters

1. Marta Balasko
Nutritional state influences effects of central alpha-MSH infusion in middle-aged rats

2. Nadezhda Bazhan
Mechanisms of stress-induced anorexia in mice with genetically decreased MC-4R activity

3. Alessandra Bitto
Protective effects of melanocortins on short-term changes in a rat model of traumatic brain injury

4. Roger Cone
A pineal-specific agouti protein, AgRP2, regulates background color adaptation in teleosts

5. Claudia P. Coomans
Role of brain insulin signaling on tissue-specific glucose disposal

6. Marcus Phillip Corander
No amelioration of the metabolic phenotype of POMC deficiency with additional AgRP deficiency

7. Pablo Jose Enriori
Peripheral α-MSH regulates fuel homeostasis in skeletal muscle

8. Wei Fan
α-MSH excites brainstem raphe pallidus nucleus (RPa) neurons by suppressing a K+ conductance and activation of RPa melanocrotin receptor 4 (MC4-R) stimulates thermogenesis

9. Rebekah Gallagher
Gender differences in the melanocortin regulation of energy balance: role of estrogen receptor alpha on AgRP neurons.

10. Janine J. Geerling
Central NPY administration divergently regulates food intake and hepatic very low density lipoprotein (VLDL) production in mice

11. Daniela Giuliani
Melanocortin MC4 receptor stimulation protects against stroke by counteracting the main ischemia-related mechanisms of damage

12. Hopi Hoekstra
Mc1r as a hotspot for evolutionary change

13. Janis Klovins
Identification of melanocortin 2 receptor domains responsible for specific membrane transport and ligand selectivity

14. Sergei Kopanchuk
Fitting of fluorescence anisotropy and fluorescence intensity data by global numerical analysis for characterisation of ligand binding to MC4 receptor.

15. Daniel Lam
  Source of 5-HT influencing arcuate nucleus of the hypothalamus melanocortin neurons

16. Karin Loser
Murine and human tolerogenic dendritic cells induced by alpha-MSH generate functional regulatory T cells

17. Elena Makarova
Why does mutation Ay not affect food intake in suckling mice?

18. Myrte Merkestein
Identification of neuronal populations involved in food anticipatory activity

19. Trinidad Montero
  AP214, a new αMSH analogue, possesses anti-inflammatory activities

20. Ralph Oude Ophuis
The effects of dimerization of the Melanocortin receptors on signal transduction.

21. Erika Petervari
Central actions of alpha-MSH on parameters of energy balance in rats: age-related patterns

22. Petteri Rinne
Improved vascular function and altered cardiac phenotype in mice overexpressing melanocyte-stimulating hormones

23. Adriana Rodrigues
Spatial and temporal signalling of melanocortin 5 receptor: its putative role on lipolysis regulation

24. Alexandre Roulin
Pleiotropy in the melanocortin system, coloration and behavioural syndromes

25. Antonyna Shevchenko
Agouti protein regulates adrenal steroidogenesis via a mechanism independent of melanocortin receptor competitive antagonism in Ay mice

26. Luca Spaccapelo
Melanocortins improve outcome in an experimental model of multiple organ dysfunction syndrome

27. Akiyoshi Takahashi
Acetylation-induced changes in α-MSH activity may be related to concomitant expression of different melanocortin receptor subtypes

28. Ruben van Boxtel
ENU-induced nonsense mutation results in loss of MC4R function in the rat

29. Geoffrey van der Plasse
Neural correlates of food anticipatory activity in the ventromedial hypothalamus

30. Gertjan van Dijk
Brain melanocortins and melanin-concentrating hormone: an axis linking nutrient and fluid balance 

31. Margriet van Gestel
AAV-mediated knockdown of melanocortin receptor genes involved in obesity

32. Birgitte S. Wulff
N-terminal acylation with long chain fatty acids of melanocortin activating peptides changes receptor binding and PK properties

33. Tatyana Yakovleva
Activity of the melanocortin system modulates effect of estradiol on insulin sensitivity

34. Elliott Zieman
Effects of third ventricular administration of MC3R and MC4R antagonists in the rat.