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10/26/09

'Food-Motivated Behavior' Examined In St. Lawrence Lecture

CANTON - "Cannabinoid Regulation of Food-Motivated Behavior: Antagonists, 'Anti-munchies' and Anxiety" is the topic of a talk to be given at St. Lawrence University by John Salamone, Board of Trustees Distinguished Professor and Divisional Head of Behavioral Neuroscience at the University of Connecticut, on Monday, November 2, at 8 p.m. in Eben Holden. The event, the Richard D. Church Lecture in Neuroscience, is open to the public, free of charge.

Salamone conducts research in the behavioral functions of dopamine, adenosine and acetylcholine; neurotransmitter interactions related to motivation and movement control; and in drug action and neurotransmitter release. His current laboratory work focuses on the role of dopamine, a neurotransmitter, in effort-related choice behavior and the behavioral effects of cannabinoid (compounds present in Cannabis) antagonists.

The Richard D. Church Lectureship Fund in Neuroscience was established in 2006 by retired engineer Church, of Norwood, in honor of his scientific collaborations with the late G. Atwood Manley, who graduated from St. Lawrence in 1916 and was the long-time editor of the St. Lawrence Plaindealer; the late Class of 1952 graduate Edward E. Bliss, Church's brother-in-law and national canoeing champion partner; the late Class of 1914 graduate Clarence C. Church, Richard Church's uncle; and the late Emeritus Professor of Physics Alfred Romer.

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