Does pregnancy cause morphological changes in central as well as peripheral nerve pathways that control blood pressure?

Funding Activity

Website
http://purl.org/au-research/grants/nhmrc/480414

Funding Status
Closed

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Funded Activity Summary

Pregnancy changes blood pressure but the mechanism is unknown. We will use state-of-the-art anatomical methods to define how pregnancy alters nerves controlling blood pressure. We will identify changes in the information the nerve cells receive, in their shape and in the way they communicate with other blood pressure-controlling nerve cells. This information will help to develop new ways to prevent and treat pre-eclampsia, a major cause of death and disability for mothers and their newborns.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 01-01-2008

End Date: 01-01-2010

Funding Scheme: NHMRC Project Grants

Funding Amount: $382,538.00

Funder: National Health and Medical Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Nutrigenomics and personalised nutrition

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

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Other Keywords

Blood Pressure Control | Central Cardiovascular Neurons | Gender Differences in Blood Pressure Control | Hypertension | Neuronal Plasticity | Pre-Eclampsia | Pregnancy | Sympathetic Post-ganglionic Neurons

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