You are cordially invited to the scientific conferences of the Department of Pharmacology and Physiology.
Date and time : Thursday, April 16, 2026, from 9 a.m. to 10 a.m.
Location : Pavillon Paul-G. Desmarais, local 1120
Speaker: Dana Small, PhD
Professor
Departments of Neurology and Neurosurgery, Medicine, and Psychology
McGill University
The Interoceptive origins of reward
Where do reward signals for food come from? In this lecture I will discuss findings from work in humans and in animals demonstrating that the value of food lies, not in the food itself, the pleasure it evokes or the nutrients it supplies the body, but rather in the organism’s ability to transform nutrients into vital resources, such as cellular fuel. This physiological process requires the integration of internal and external signals through gut-brain reinforcement learning. I will conclude by considering the implications of this process for understanding the link between the modern food environment and the obesity and diabetes pandemics.
Guest of : Pf. AmanPreet Badhwar
See poster below:
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Teachers who would like to meet the speaker after the session are asked to contact : Pf. Badhwar ; Pf. Najmanovich ; Pf. Raynal
☕We’re waiting for you with good coffee!!!☕
🥐Viennoiseries will be offered to the first 25 people to arrive!!!🥐
Don’t forget to bring your own coffee cups 😊