Which neurons maintain sympathetic vasomotor tone?

Funding Activity

Website
http://purl.org/au-research/grants/nhmrc/1028183

Funding Status
Closed

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Funded Activity Summary

High blood pressure is a major risk factor for cardiovascular disease, a major burden of disease worldwide. High levels of nerve activity that cause the blood vessels to constrict elevating blood pressure are characteristic of hypertension. We do not know which brain cells set and maintain this nerve activity. We will identify these cells, determine how they function and what regulates them. Ultimately we could control these cells treating the cause of hypertension or when clinical need arises.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 01-01-2012

End Date: 01-01-2016

Funding Scheme: Project Grants

Funding Amount: $567,918.00

Funder: National Health and Medical Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Central Nervous System

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

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Other Keywords

blood pressure regulation | somatostatin | sympathetic activity | transcription factor | vascular control | ventrolateral medulla

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