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SUMMARY:&quot\;Diabetes\, Obesity &amp\; Metabolic Disease: Is It All In O
 ur Head?&quot\;: Elucidating Mechanisms of Central Metabolic Control - Dr 
 Stefan Trapp\, UCL\, Centre for Cardiovascular and Metabolic Neuroscience
DTSTART:20141204T160000Z
DTEND:20141204T170000Z
UID:TALK55461@talks.cam.ac.uk
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DESCRIPTION:"Work in our laboratory is concerned with the role of the brai
 n and particularly the autonomic nervous system\, in diabetes mellitus and
  obesity. Early experiments on rabbits by Claude Bernard almost 150 years 
 ago have linked lesions in the dorsal vagal complex of the brainstem with 
 diabetes. Similarly\,\nmany diabetic patients present with autonomic imbal
 ance\, and particularly a loss of vagal activity. We are using rodent mode
 ls combined with pharmacogenetics\, and a combination of molecular\, optic
 al\, immunocytochemical and electrophysiological techniques to elucidate t
 he role of the autonomic\nnervous system in metabolic control in vitro and
  in vivo."\n\nSpeaker websites:\n\nhttp://iris.ucl.ac.uk/iris/browse/profi
 le?upi=STRAP42\n\nhttp://www.imperial.ac.uk/AP/faces/pages/read/Home.jsp?p
 erson=s.trapp&_adf.ctrl-state=1asswpfzgt_3\n
LOCATION:Hodgkin Huxley Seminar Room\, Physiology Building\, Downing Site
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