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Blood Pressure Research Group
Cardiovascular & Renal Research
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Mums & Offspring: Programming of Adult Cardiovascular & Renal Disease
Diet, Obesity & Diabetes: Consequences for the Heart, Kidney and Cardiovascular Health
Altered Development: Fetal, Placental & Kidney structure and genetics
Research Themes
Whole kidney & single nephron function: What does control kidney function? Roles of nerves & reactive oxygen species.
Heart: Controlling contractile function in healthy and diseased hearts
Hypertension: What roles do nerves, salt or gender have in the development & maintenance of hypertension
Animal Models: Rabbits, Rats & Mice (including knockout strains)
Research Methods
Conscious Recordings: Blood Pressure (including radiotelemetry), Renal Function, Nerve activity,
Anaesthetized Recordings: Single nephron and whole kidney function, renal oxygenation, nerve activity, Cardiac Contractility, Cardiac Function, Cardiac Metabolism
Structural & Functional Analysis: Electron Microscopy (transmission & scanning), Light Microscopy, Ultrasound, Tissue Pathology, Fibrosis.
Novel Technologies -Synchrotron
18 day rabbit fetus
Research PeopleDr Niwanthi Rajapakse (F259): Nitric Oxide, renal L-arginine uptake, Hypertension
Assoc Prof Roger Evans (F274): Renal Oxygenation, Obesity, Sympathetic Nerves & Hypertension
Dr James Pearson (F206): Cardiac contraction, Heart Failure, Diabetes, Synchrotron
Dr Kate Denton (F266): Maternal Programming, pregnancy, sex differences, Renin Angiotensin system, Hypertension
Dr Michelle Kett (F206): Nephron Endowment, High Salt & protein diets, Obesity, Hypertension & Kidney Disease
Dr Russell Brown (F259): Single Nephron Function, Obesity, Renin Angiotensin system, Hypertension, reactive oxygen species
Cardiovascular Projectsat the
Baker IDI Heart and Diabetes Institute
Prahran (next to Alfred Hospital)
Population HealthIntegrative Physiology
Population HealthMandy Thrift
Epidemiology of CardiovascularDisease in Rural India
[email protected] 85321636
Integrative Cardiovascular Physiology
Can antioxidants be used to treat high blood pressure?
Howe does stress cause high blood pressure?
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