What's New Amino Vital® Sports Science Foundation Sponsors Mini-Symposium at International Society of Sports Nutrition (ISSN) Annual Conference The Amino Vital® Sports Science Foundation sponsored a mini-symposium as part of the International Society of Sports Nutrition (ISSN) Annual Conference held in New Orleans June 16-18, 2005. Attended by over 120 ISSN members and their guests, the mini-symposium gave sports nutrition professionals the opportunity to learn more about branched-chain amino acids via five presentations given by nutritional experts from around the world. The five presentations (plus a paper that was not presented at the mini-symposium but which will be included in a manuscript) ranged over the following topics: Nutraceutical effects of branched-chain amino acids on skeletal muscle: Specific features of the regulation of BCAA catabolism during exercise Yoshiharu Shimomura, Ph.D., Nagoya Institute of Technology, Nagoya, Japan Leucine as a critical regulator of skeletal muscle metabolism regulation of muscle protein synthesis after exercise Donald K. Layman, Ph.D., University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, IL The interaction of exercise and amino acids in regulating muscle protein synthesis Robert R. Wolfe, Ph.D., University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, TX Branched-chain amino acids and central fatigue Eva Blomstrand, Ph.D., Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden Learned preference for a mixture of branched-chain L-amino acids and homeostatic control of the brain serotonin release in exercising rats Kunio Torii, Ph.D., Ajinomoto Co., Inc., Kawasaki, Japan [Paper] Nutritional effects of ingesting amino acids for athletes Masaru Ohtani, Ph.D., Tokyo University, Chiba, Japan The manuscript of the presentations will be published in an upcoming issue of The Journal of Nutrition. Click Here to Read Abstracts