THE CYTOKINE-PROSTAGLANDIN CASCADE IN FEVER PRODUCTION: FACT OR FANCY? (Keynote)
Clark M. Blatteis, USA

IS INTERLEUKIN-6 THE NECESSARY PYROGENIC CYTOKINE?
Joachim Roth, Germany

PRE-FORMED PYROGENIC FACTOR-INDUCED FEVER: ARE PROSTAGLANDINS IMPORTANT?
Gloria E.P Souza, Brazil

ELEVATED LEVELS OF CIRCULATING CYTOKINES AND ENDOTOXIN ARE NOT NECESSARY FOR THE ACTIVATION OF THE SICKNESS OR CORTICOSTERONE RESPONSES PRODUCED BY PERIPHERAL E.COLI CHALLENGE
Monika Fleshner, USA

COMPLEMENT IS REQUIRED FOR THE INDUCTION OF ENDOTOXIC FEVER IN GUINEA PIGS AND MICE
Clark M. Blatteis, USA

A ROLE FOR A CYCLOPENTANE PROSTAGLANDIN AS A NOVEL ANTIPYRETIC IN RAT BRAIN
Quentin J. Pittman, Canada

ROLE OF CARBON MONOXIDE IN THE THERMOREGULATION AND FEVER
Luiz G.S Branco, Brazil

EPOXYEICOSATRIENOIC ACIDS AS MEDIATORS OF ANTIPYRESIS: HOW DO THEY FIT?
Wies Kozak, Poland

POSSIBLE SEQUENCE OF PYROGENIC AFFERENT PROCESSING IN THE POA
Clark M. Blatteis, USA

MOLECULAR AND CELLULAR RESPONSES TO HEAT STRESS
Organizer: Larry Sonna (Natick), USA

IMMUNOLOGIC AUGMENTATION BY FEBRILE-RANGE HYPERTHERMIA: A DUAL EDGED SWORD.
Jeffrey Hasday, USA

THE GENO-PHYSIOLOGICAL LINKAGE THAT SHAPES THE HEAT ACCLIMATED PHENOTYPE
Michal Horowitz, Israel

PHYSIOLOGICAL THERMOTOLERANCE – THE ROLE OF HEAT SHOCK PROTEINS
Pope L. Moseley, USA

IN VITRO MODELS OF THERMAL INJURY AND CYTOPROTECTION: ASSESSMENT OF THERMAL AND PHARMACOLOGIC PRECONDITIONING WITH CDNA ARRAYS
Steven T. Schuschereba, USA

HUMAN GENE EXPRESSION RESPONSES TO HEAT STRESS AND EXERTIONAL HEAT INJURY
Larry A. Sonna, USA

HEAT-RELATED ILLNESSES
Organizer: Nigel Taylor, Australia

EXTREMES OF HUMAN HEAT TOLERANCE: LIFE AT THE PRECIPICE OF THERMOREGULATORY FAILURE (Keynote)
W. Larry Kenney, USA

HOST FACTORS AFFECTING THE INDIVIDUAL'S SUSCEPTABILITY TO HEAT
Yoram Epstein, Israel

THE NEUROPHARMACOLOGICAL BASIS OF HEAT INTOLERANCE AND ITS TREATMENT
Mao-Tsun Lin, Taiwan

HYDRATION EFFECTS ON THERMOREGULATION AND EXERCISE-HEAT TOLERANCE
Michael N. Sawka, USA

INTEGRATION OF OSMOTIC AND THERMAL SIGNALS AT THE LEVEL OF THE PREOPTIC ANTERIOR HYPOTHELAMUS: A MULTIDISCIPLINARY APPROACH
Organizer: Ruediger Gerstberger, Germany

NONLINEAR INTERACTIONS BETWEEN THERMAL, OSMOTIC AND IMMUNE SIGNALS IN HYPOTHALAMIC NEURONS RECORDED IN RAT BRAIN SLICES
Hans. A Braun, Germany

EFFERENT MULTISYNAPTIC PATHWAYS FROM PREOPTIC AREA TO EFFECTOR ORGANS OF THERMO-AND/OR OSMOREGULATORY IMPORTANCE AS REVEALED BY THE VIRAL TRACING TECHNIQUE
Thomas Hubschle, Germany

WARM AND COLD RECEPTORS
Shigeo Kobayashi, Japan

THERMOREGULATORY RESPONSES IN RATS DURING SYSTEMIC SALT LOADING
Masahiro Konishi, Japan

THE MEDIAN PREOPTIC NUCLEUS (MNPO) OF THE LAMINA TERMINALIS AS HOMEOSTATIC RELAY STATION: THE ROLE OF NITRIC OXIDE
Ruediger Gerstberger, Germany

MODELING IN THERMAL PHYSIOLOGY SYMPOSIUM
Organizers: Daniel Moran, Israel and Richard Gonzalez, USA

SCENARIO REVISITED: COMPARISONS OF OPERATIONAL AND RATIONAL MODELS IN PREDICTING HUMAN RESPONSES TO THE ENVIRONMENT (Keynote)
Richard R. Gonzalez, USA

"IMPUTED IM" WITH COMPLETELY IMPERMEABLE ENCAPSULATING PROTECTIVE CLOTHING
Ralph Goldman, USA

SKIN AND CORE TEMPERATURE RESPONSE TO PARTIAL- AND WHOLE-BODY HEATING AND COOLING
Charlie Huizenga, USA

METHODS AND MODELS FOR NON-INVASIVE ESTIMATION OF THERMAL PHYSIOLOGICAL STATUS: SWEAT RATE, CORE TEMPERATURE, AND METABOLIC RATE
Daniel Moran, Israel

TITLE TO BE ANNOUNCED
Yair Shapiro, Israel

NEURONAL MECHANISM OF TEMPERATURE REGULATION AND THERMORECEPTION
Organizer: Kazuyuki Kanosue, Japan

TRACING BRAIN THERMOREGULATORY PATHWAYS FROM RATS TO HUMANS (Keynote)
Robin McAllen, Australia

FEVER-INDUCING SYMPATHETIC NEURAL PATHWAYS
Kazuhiro Nakamura, Japan

CENTRAL THERMOSENSITIVITY AND THE INTEGRATIVE RESPONSES OF ANTERIOR HYPOTHALAMIC NEURONS
John D. Griffin, USA

HYPOTHALAMIC AND BRAINSTEM PATHWAYS CONTROLLING THERMOGENESIS IN BROWN ADIPOSE TISSUE (BAT)
Shaun. F. Morrison, USA

COLD-INDICED THERMOGENISIS MEDIATED BY GABA IN THE PREOPTIC AREA
Toshimasa Osaka, Japan

SLEEP, CIRCADIAN RHYTHMS AND THERMOREGULATION SYMPOSIUM
Organizer: Eus Van Someren, Netherlands

SLEEP, CIRCADIAN RHYTHMS AND THERMOREGULATION (Keynote)
Eus J.W. van Someren, Netherlands

TEMPERATURE EFFECTS ON CIRCADIAN CLOCKS
Peter Ruoff, Norway

NATURAL HYPOTHERMIA AND SLEEP
Tom de Boer, Netherlands

SLEEP INERTIA AND THE CIRCADIAN MODULATION OF SLEEPINESS, BUT NOT SLEEP HOMEOSTASIS, IS ASSOCIATED WITH DISTAL VASODILATATION
Kurt Krauchi, Switzerland

CIRCADIAN CLOCK AS A THERMOREGULATORY MECHANISM
Kei Nagashima, Japan

PERIPHERAL THERMAL CHALLENGE: A TEST OF HEAT LOSS CAPACITY IN SLEEP ONSET INSOMNIACS
Cameron J. van den Heuval, Australia

WORKSHOP ON HYPOTHERMIA IN BRAIN TREATMENT
Organizer: Robert Greif, Austria

Robert Greif, Austria
Michael Holzer, Austria
Wilhelm Behringer, USA
Dave Warner USA

STUDENT-COMPETITION AWARD
The Student-Competition Award will be granted during the Symposium. All submissions for this award will be reviewed prior to the Symposium, out of which six will be selected and will be presented in a special Competition Session. The remaining submissions will be assigned to free communication sessions for lectures.