A neurogenic basis of obesity hypertension: Role of adipokines and ghrelin in regulating sympathetic vasomotor activity

Funding Activity

Website
http://purl.org/au-research/grants/nhmrc/526618

Funding Status
Closed

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Funded Activity Summary

During the development of obesity, brain centres are inappropriately activated by factors such as leptin which are released by excess fat accumulation. This reults in high blood pressure. We seek to determine which chemical type of brain neuron is responsible for receiving these signals in a specific brain region in an animal model that closely resembles the human form of the disease. We will focus specifically on areas known to control the sympathetic nervous system.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 01-01-2009

End Date: 01-01-2011

Funding Scheme: NHMRC Project Grants

Funding Amount: $358,035.00

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

Pharmacology of appetite | adiposity and obesity | appetite dysfunction | obesity related disease | obesity-related hypertension | regulation of food intake, obesity and anorexia | regulation of the sympathetic nervous system | sympathetic nervous system dysregulation

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