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[PAST EVENT] DEPARTMENT OF APPLIED SCIENCE SEMINAR
September 17, 2014
4pm - 5:30pm
DEPARTMENT OF APPLIED SCIENCE SEMINAR
Wednesday September 17, 2014 at 4:00 pm
Washington Hall, room 308
Intrinsic Membrane Properties of Hypothalamic Neuroendocrine Cells
Ryoichi Teruyama, Ph.D.
Department of Biological Sciences
Louisiana State University
Baton Rouge, LA
ABSTRACT
The neurohypophysial hormones oxytocin and vasopressin are synthesized in the magnocellular neurons located within the paraventricular and the supraoptic nuclei in the hypothalamus. These hormones are released from the neurohypophysis into the general circulation and play important roles in lactation and cardiovascular homeostasis. My research interest is focused on understanding how these neuroendocrine cells respond to physiological demands of these hormones. Specifically, I examine effects of intrinsic membrane (ion
channel) properties on firing patterns of these cells that ultimately define the amount and rate of these hormones into the general circulation in response to physiological demands. In this seminar, I would like to demonstrate several intrinsic properties present in these neuroendocrine cells, and discuss how these properties may involve in shaping distinct firing patterns necessary for their hormone releases.
Wednesday September 17, 2014 at 4:00 pm
Washington Hall, room 308
Intrinsic Membrane Properties of Hypothalamic Neuroendocrine Cells
Ryoichi Teruyama, Ph.D.
Department of Biological Sciences
Louisiana State University
Baton Rouge, LA
ABSTRACT
The neurohypophysial hormones oxytocin and vasopressin are synthesized in the magnocellular neurons located within the paraventricular and the supraoptic nuclei in the hypothalamus. These hormones are released from the neurohypophysis into the general circulation and play important roles in lactation and cardiovascular homeostasis. My research interest is focused on understanding how these neuroendocrine cells respond to physiological demands of these hormones. Specifically, I examine effects of intrinsic membrane (ion
channel) properties on firing patterns of these cells that ultimately define the amount and rate of these hormones into the general circulation in response to physiological demands. In this seminar, I would like to demonstrate several intrinsic properties present in these neuroendocrine cells, and discuss how these properties may involve in shaping distinct firing patterns necessary for their hormone releases.