Altered renal development programs adult hypertension

Funding Activity

Website
http://purl.org/au-research/grants/nhmrc/490920

Funding Status
Closed

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Funded Activity Summary

If a mother suffers an adverse condition during pregnancy - such as high blood pressure - the development of the baby is altered, putting it at increased risk of cardiovascular disease in adulthood. Our study in rabbits examine the role that changes to nerves in the kidney play in the development of high blood pressure later in life and whether it can be prevented via short-term anti-hypertensive treatment in the postnatal period .

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 01-01-2008

End Date: 01-01-2010

Funding Scheme: NHMRC Project Grants

Funding Amount: $607,289.00

Funder: National Health and Medical Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Medical molecular engineering of nucleic acids and proteins

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

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Other Keywords

cardiovascular disease | fetal development | hypertension | kidney | pregnancy | renal sympathetic nerves | renin-angiotensin system

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