Determinants of brown adipose tissue activation - implication for the regulation of energy balance and obesity

Funding Activity

Website
http://purl.org/au-research/grants/nhmrc/1051109

Funding Status
Closed

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Funded Activity Summary

One of the most important recent findings in the biology of obesity has been the revelation that brown adipose tissue (BAT) is present and functional in adult humans. Even more important, the amount of BAT seems to be related to the extent of obesity. The challenge now is to harness the means by which BAT is activated. Understanding the central neural control pathways and the rate limiting steps in the BAT itself will pave the way for new anti-obesity strategies.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 01-01-2013

End Date: 01-01-2016

Funding Scheme: Project Grants

Funding Amount: $617,192.00

Funder: National Health and Medical Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Medical Physiology not elsewhere classified

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

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Other Keywords

body weight regulation | fat metabolism | metabolism | obesity | thermogenesis

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