Tanycytes in Healthy Aging: Gatekeepers of Metabolic and Neural Health

Special Guest:

Vincent Prévot, PhD

Lille Neuroendocrinology

Inserm, CHU Lille, University of Lille

Lille, France

Vincent Prévot is Senior Research Director at Inserm (the French National Institute of Health and Medical Research) and Head of the "Development and Plasticity of the Neuroendocrine Brain" laboratory at the Lille Neuroscience & Cognition Research Center in Lille, France. The two principal focuses of his research are the central control of energy homeostasis and the neurobiology of reproduction. His pioneering studies have demonstrated that tanycytes transport circulating metabolic signals such as leptin, as well as anti-obesity drugs, like liraglutide, across brain barriers into the hypothalamus to regulate energy homeostasis. His recent work has also documented that the pulsatile release of GnRH is involved in maintaining healthy cognition throughout life.