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Understanding how the brain senses and encodes hunger and satiety [ 2015 - 2018 ]

Research Grant

[Cite as https://purl.org/au-research/grants/nhmrc/1084344]

Researchers: A/Pr Zane Andrews (Principal investigator)

Brief description Obesity is the most important health concern in the world today. Despite all the epidemiology evidence and despite the intervention approaches, obesity and type-2 diabetes continues to rise in Australia and worldwide. Clearly, a greater biological understanding of the mechanisms driving increased calorie intake and decreased calorie expenditure. This fellowship explores the different neural circuits in the brain and how they regulate motivation for food and food consumption

Funding Amount $AUD 473,477.97

Funding Scheme Career Development Fellowships

Notes RD Wright Biomedical CDF

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ACN 633 798 857