[BIC-announce] FW: Killam Lecture Today

[Jennifer Chew, Ms.]

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Jennifer Chew

McConnell Brain Imaging Centre

MNI - WB317

3801 University Street

Montreal, Qc  H3A 2B4

Telephone:  514-398-8554

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Although the human amygdala is sensitive to taste quality and taste
intensity, which together determine the biological relevance of
gustatory stimuli, it does not encode the perceived pleasantness of
taste, flavor or foods. Rather, it is proposed that the primary role of
the amygdala in taste, flavour and food reward is to guide implicit
approach and avoidance behaviors relevant to eating or rejecting foods.
When the amygdala is damaged, the system errs on the side of caution,
resulting in enhanced sensitivity to potentially harmful taste. In
contrast, amygdala hyper-responsivity is associated with high body mass
indices and the presence of behavioral phenotypes thought to lead to
overeating. 

 

M. Jonesgotman
Professor
McGill University
Montreal Neurological Institute
Tel: 514 398 8907
Fax: 514 398 8540
Secretary: Annie Le Bire 514 398 2579
www.mni.mcgill.ca/cog/jonesgotman/index.htm
<http://www.mni.mcgill.ca/cog/jonesgotman/index.htm> 

 

Killam Lecture

 

Speaker:  Dana M. Small, PhD

Yale University School of Medicine

New Haven, CT

 

Title:  From Fear to Food:  The Role of the Human Amygdala in Taste,
Flavor and Feeding

 

Time:  4:00 pm

 

Date:  Tuesday, June 3rd, 2008

 

Place:  de Grandpre Communications Centre

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Enza Ferracane

Montreal Neurological Institute

3801 University

Montreal, Quebec  H3A 2B4

Director's Office, Rm 636

Tel: (514) 398-1903

Fax:  (514) 398-8248

Email: enza.ferracane at mcgill.ca <mailto:enza.ferracane at mcgill.ca> 

 

 

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