Primary Recipient

OREGON HEALTH & SCIENCE UNIVERSITY

Amount

$150,000.00

Award Date

5/20/2010

Administering Agency

Health and Human Services, Department of / National Institutes of Health

CDFA Number

93.701

CDFA Program Title

Trans-NIH Recovery Act Research Support

Description

Animal models have provided insight into the physiology of weight regulation, including the hormonal and neurological communication between adipose tissue, the gut, and the brain. Adipocyte hormones, such as leptin, and gut hormones, such as ghrelin, con