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AIMS of the SYMPOSIUM
The International Symposium on Respiratory Control will bring together leading scientists studying breathing and respiratory control in mammals.The symposium will shed light on the interface between the brainstem respiratory network, its maturation, the genes involved, environment, physiology as well as pathology of respiration. The conferences location, poster sessions, workshops and round tables will encourage a close exchange between the participants. Fruitful discussions are expected on the appropriate questions to ask in the future. Along with this goes the question of what are the right experimental tools and approaches of the future. We plan to produce a Special Issue in the Journal of Respiratory Physiology and Neurobiology (Editor in Chief: Peter Scheid) which will review the main topics of the conference.
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The symposium adresses three main topics.
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Respiratory rhythmogenesis
Which are the mechanisms involved in respiratory rhythmogenesis? What are the classical debates about in vivo versus in vitro experiments, adult versus neonatal, and network versus individual neural properties as main rhythmogenic processes? What approaches can help to unify the different views?
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Respiratory pathology
Recent data will be presented on the role of genes and environment in the maturation of the vital respiratory network as well as on possible breathing deficits due to gene mutations and environmental anomalies. Three sessions will address breathing deficits that may occur in rare diseases such as the Rett Syndrome, the Prader-Willi Syndrome, and the Sudden Infant Death Syndrome.
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Network plasticity
The sessions on network plasticity will deal with the regulation/ modulation of the network function by peripheral respiratory inputs such as pulmonary stretch receptors and carotid bodies, as well as central non-respiratory inputs such as cardiovascular-, central grey-, and other inputs.
Main lectures
Internationally recognized leaders in the three main topics of the conference will give introductory lectures in the beginning of each corresponding session. Their intervention will be followed by shorter communications to strengthen, or not, their main conclusions. Friendly and fruitful debates are expected that might continue during the workshop sessions and into the evenings.
With (alphabetic order)
: A. Abdala, J. Amiel, A. Arata, K. Ballanyi, J. Barhanin, JM. Barreau, M. Bevengut, AL. Bianchi, J. Bissonnette, B. Bollen, F. Bongianni, M. Bouslama, I. Brandes, JF. Brunet, X. Caubit, F. Cayetanot, J. Champagnat, K. Chardon, E. Cinelli, A. Corcoran, K. Cummings, C. Del Negro, L. De Pontual, V. Diaz, TE. Dick, V. Dubreuil, M. Dutschmann, B. Edwards, P. Escourrou, L. Fasano, J. Feldman, P. Filippi, G. Fortin, G. Funk, J. Gallego, L. Gargaglioni, C. Gaultier, C. Gestreau, T. Goldstone, C. Goridis, A. Gourine, P. Gray, J. Greer, P. Guyenet, J. Hayes, E. Herlenius, G. Hilaire, S. Hülsmann, D. Katz, R. Kinkead, H. Lagercrantz, A. Li, T. Manzke, D. McCrimmon, W. Milsom, MP. Morin-Surun, M. Mueller, F. Muscatelli, D. Mutolo, E. Nattie, Y. Oku, H. Onimaru, R. Pasaro, D. Paterson, J. Paton, J. Peyronnet-Roux, C. Poets, N. Ramanantsoa, JM. Ramirez, M. Raux, G. Richerson, D. Richter, A. Ruangkittisakul, IA. Rybak, N. Samson, S. Sands, P. Scheid, G. Silva, T. Similowski, J. Smith, M. Spyer, C. Straus, K. Strohl, M. Tauber, M. Thoby-Brisson, A. Tryba, J. Ventura, JC. Viemari, N. Voituron, R. Warth, D. Weese-Mayer, S. Zanella, W. Zhang etc. Join us! |
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