CNS peptides involved in the control of thermogenesis and body weight

Funding Activity

Website
http://purl.org/au-research/grants/nhmrc/350436

Funding Status
Closed

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Funded Activity Summary

There is currently an obesity epidemic in all industrialised countries which has an associated impact on cardiovascular disease and associated pathologies such as type 2 diabetes. Current therapeutic strategies have focussed on reducing food intake but, as evidenced by the continuation of this epidemic, these have had limited success. An alternative approach, which is the subject of this project, is to determine and modify the central mediators controlling energy expenditure. We will bring a raft of new technologies to examine this question and potentially identify new avenues for therapeutic intervention in obesity.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 01-01-2005

End Date: 01-01-2007

Funding Scheme: NHMRC Project Grants

Funding Amount: $405,750.00

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

diet induced obesity | neuroanatomical tracing | neuroendocrinology | neuropeptides | nutrition/diet/energy intake | obesity metabolism | obesity prevention | thermogenesis

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