Identifying brain pathways responsible for stress induced obesity

Funding Activity

Website
http://purl.org/au-research/grants/nhmrc/1066809

Funding Status
Closed

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Funded Activity Summary

Obesity-associated diseases are leading causes of death and are expected to increase as the obesity epidemic worsens. New evidence also shows that stress, an ever-increasing factor of life, can when combined with high caloric food lead and accelerate the development of obesity. The results from this study will help to identify new agents that may help reduce body weight and fat mass particular under conditions of increased stress.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 01-01-2014

End Date: 01-01-2017

Funding Scheme: Project Grants

Funding Amount: $895,663.00

Funder: National Health and Medical Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Neurosciences not elsewhere classified

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

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Other Keywords

adipose tissue | conditional gene targeting | mouse models | neuropeptide Y (NPY) | obesity | stress

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