PTPs in the CNS control of WAT browning

Funding Activity

Website
http://purl.org/au-research/grants/nhmrc/GNT1100240

Funding Status
Closed

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Funded Activity Summary

Obesity is caused by an energy imbalance, where energy intake from eating food exceeds energy expended by physical exertion and metabolism. This proposal will provide a fundamental advance in our understanding of how the brain communicates with fat to control energy expenditure and body weight.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 01-01-2016

End Date: 01-01-2020

Funding Scheme: Project Grants

Funding Amount: $1,168,325.00

Funder: National Health and Medical Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Systems Physiology

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

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Other Keywords

energy expenditure | hypothalamus | obesity | protein tyrosine phosphatase (PTP) | signal transduction

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