FEDERATION OF EUROPEAN PHYSIOLOGICAL SOCIETIES 3rd FEPS Meeting Nice, 28 June – 2 July 2003 SOCIETE DE PHYSIOLOGIE The edition of the abstract book has been supported by The Société de Physiologie 3 Table of Contents LECTURES .....................................................................................................................................................................................5 S1 : Calcium signalling...................................................................................................................................................................8 ORAL SESSION ..............................................................................................................................................................................................8 POSTER SESSION........................................................................................................................................................................................10 S2 New aspects of ionic transport (I) The Pflugers Archiv Symposium................................................................................17 ORAL SESSION ............................................................................................................................................................................................17 POSTER SESSION........................................................................................................................................................................................19 S3 Environmental physiology .......................................................................................................................................................25 ORAL SESSION ............................................................................................................................................................................................25 POSTER SESSION........................................................................................................................................................................................27 S4 Blood pressure regulation........................................................................................................................................................36 ORAL SESSION ............................................................................................................................................................................................36 POSTER SESSION........................................................................................................................................................................................38 S6 Sensors and effectors in body fluid homeostasis.....................................................................................................................46 ORAL SESSION ............................................................................................................................................................................................46 POSTER SESSION........................................................................................................................................................................................48 S7 Cellular and Molecular aspect of renal physiology ................................................................................................................51 ORAL SESSION ............................................................................................................................................................................................51 POSTER SESSION........................................................................................................................................................................................53 S8 Control of calcium transport in the heart : physiology and pathophysiology ........................................................................59 ORAL SESSION ............................................................................................................................................................................................59 POSTER SESSION........................................................................................................................................................................................61 S9 Extracellular (Volume) transmission : its mechanisms and function....................................................................................65 ORAL SESSION ............................................................................................................................................................................................65 POSTER SESSION........................................................................................................................................................................................67 S12 Responses to osmotic challenges ...........................................................................................................................................69 ORAL SESSION ............................................................................................................................................................................................69 POSTER SESSION........................................................................................................................................................................................71 S27 Cell Volume: Regulation and Functional Impact.................................................................................................................73 ORAL SESSION ............................................................................................................................................................................................73 POSTER SESSION........................................................................................................................................................................................75 S13 New aspects of ionic transport (II) ........................................................................................................................................78 ORAL SESSION ............................................................................................................................................................................................78 POSTER SESSION........................................................................................................................................................................................80 S14 Calcium signalling and neuronal glial interactions .............................................................................................................85 ORAL SESSION ............................................................................................................................................................................................85 POSTER SESSION........................................................................................................................................................................................87 S15 The new integrative brain physiology....................................................................................................................................88 ORAL SESSION ............................................................................................................................................................................................88 POSTER SESSION........................................................................................................................................................................................90 4 S16 Role of Gap junctions in vascular tissue .............................................................................................................................100 ORAL SESSION.......................................................................................................................................................................................... 100 POSTER SESSION ..................................................................................................................................................................................... 102 S17 Aldosterone: synthesis, targets and functions .....................................................................................................................104 ORAL SESSION.......................................................................................................................................................................................... 104 POSTER SESSION ..................................................................................................................................................................................... 106 S18 Physiology of eating behaviour and energy expenditure: control by central and peripheral mechanisms.......................108 ORAL SESSION.......................................................................................................................................................................................... 108 POSTER SESSION ..................................................................................................................................................................................... 110 S19 Physiology of reproduction