Program   

 

August 1 (Sat)

1800-2000:   Reception and Dinner

 

August 2 (Sun)

 

0725-0730:   Opening Remark: Hiroshi Nose, Shinshu University

 

1. Molecular and Cellular Mechanisms for Muscle Plasticity: Chaired by Masayuki Mori, Shinshu University

 

0730-0800:   Why knowing molecular and cellular plasticity of exercise and inactivity is important for human health:

                     Frank Booth, University of Missouri

0800-0830:    Novel role of caveolin-1 for muscle function in aging and exercise:
                    Sang Park, Seoul National University

 

0830-0840:   Break

 

2. Promotion of Physical Fitness and Health by Exercise Intervention: Chaired by Fujiko Ando, Aichi Shukutoku University

 

0840-0910:   Muscle adaptation to immobilisation and rehabilitation training in humans:

                     Paul Greenhaff, University of Nottingham Medical School

0910-0930:   Physical activity and aging intervention:

                     Hiroshi Shimokata, National Institute for Longevity Sciences

0930-0950:   Long-term Effects of Regular Sports Practice on Mortality among the Elderly in a Community ―From a 14-year Prospective Study―:

                     Takao Suzuki, Tokyo Metropolitan Institute of Gerontology.

 

0950-1000:   Break

 

3. Muscle Metabolism: Chaired by Takafumi Hamaoka, National Institute of Fitness and Sports in Kanoya

 

1000-1030:   Metabolism during and after Exercise:

                     George Brooks, University of California, Berkeley

1030-1100:   Exercise, skeletal muscle metabolism and health:

                     Mark Hargreaves, Melbourne University

 

1100-1300:   Lunch and Poster Presentations:

                     Chaired by

                     Kazuhiko Imaizumi,Waseda University

                     Hideaki Soya, Tsukuba University

                     Fumio Yamazaki, UOEH

 

4. Immune and Cancer: Chaired by Shun-ichiro Taniguchi, Shinshu University

 

1300-1330:   The anti-inflammatory effects of exercise:

                     Bente Pedersen, University of Copenhagen.

1330-1350:   Are athletes susceptible to common cold?:

                     Ryouichi Nagatomi, Tohoku    University

1350-1410:   Daily total physical activity level and health risk in Japanese: Results from a Large-scale Population-based Cohort Study in Japan (JPHC Study):

                     Manami Inoue, National Cancer Center

 

1410-1420:   Break

 

5. Central Mechanisms for Cardiovascular and Respiratory Regulations: Chaired by Naoyuki Hayashi, Kyushu University

 

1420-1450:   The exercise pressor reflex; its afferent mechanisms:

                     Marc Kaufman, Pennsylvania State University

1450-1510:   A hypothesis for generation of central command signal during exercise:

                    Kanji Matsukawa, Hiroshima University

 

1510-1830:   Free Time

 

1830-2030:   Party and Dinner

 

August 3 (Mon)

 

6 .Circulation I: Chaired by Mitsuru Saito, Toyota Institute of Technology

 

0730-0800:   Blood Flow and Ischemia/Hypoxia in Exercising Muscles:

                     Michael Joyner, Mayo Clinic and Foundation

0800-0820:   Vasopressin V1a receptor and metabolism in humans and mice:

                     Shizue Masuki, Shinshu University

 

0820-0830:   Break

 

7. Circulation II: Chaired by Takeshi Nishiyasu, Tsukuba University

 

0830-0900:   Habitual Exercise and Arterial Aging:

                     Douglas Seals, University of Colorado

0900-0920:   Regulation of blood pressure during exercise: Interactions between arterial baroreflex and muscle metaboreflex:

                     Masashi Ichinose, Meiji University

 

0920-0930:   Break

 

8.Circulation III: Chaired by Kazunobu Okazaki, Shinshu University

 

0930-1000: “Aging, fitness and failure”: Effects of age and physical activity on cardiovascular structure and function:

                     Benjamin Levine, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center

1000-1020: Cardiovascular, endocrine, and immunological responses during exercise and physiological stress in persons with spinal cord injury:

                     Kazunari Furusawa, Kibikogen Rehabilitation Center for Employment Injuries

 

1020-1030:   Break

             

9. Respiration: Chaired by Shunsaku Koga, Kobe Design University

 

1030-1100:   Lung Fluid Balance in Humans: Impact of hypoxia & the β2 Adrenergi Receptor:

                     Bruce Johnson, Mayo Clinic and Foundation

1100-1120:   Genetic susceptibility to high-altitude pulmonary edema:

                     Masayuki Hanaoka, Shinshu University

 

1120-1220:   Lunch

 

10. Body Temperature: Chaired by Manabu Shibasaki, Nara Women’s University

 

1220-1250:   Effects of heat stress on autonomic control of the circulation in humans:

                     Craig Crandall, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center

1250-1310:   Neural mechanism involved in the interaction between thermo- and osmoregulation: a role of median preoptic area in the hypothalamus:

                     Kei Nagashima,Waseda University

1310-1330:   Enhanced skin sympathetic nervous activity by hyperthermia was suppressed by hyperosmolality but not by hypovolemia in young men:

                     Yoshi-ichiro Kamijo, Shinshu University

 

1330-1340:   Break

 

11. Gender Differences: Chaired by Keiko Morimoto, Nara Women’s University

 

1340-1410:   Exercise and glucose metabolism in older women: the roles of volume and intensity:

                     Loretta DiPietro, The George Washington University

1410-1440:   Sex hormones and sympathetic vascular regulation in exercising muscle:

                    Gail Thomas, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center

1440-1500:   Role of estrogen in hypoglycemia- and glucoprivation-induced food intake:

                     Akira Takamata, Nara Women’s University

 

1500-1505:   Closing Remark: Michael Joyner, Mayo Clinic and Foundation

 

Dismissal