NeuroNet: “Obesity and Related Disorders”
Project List:
Identification of candidate genes for human obesity
Genome wide linkage analysis using high density SNP arrays
High Throughput SNP Genotyping in Candidate Genes for Human Obesity
Identification of natural genetic variation liked to high fatness in selected mouse lines
Identification of candidate genes for human obesity in a mouse model of morbid, polygenic obesity
Hypothalamic gene expression in states of altered energy balance
Biostatistics, genetic epidemiological methods and data management
MC4R signalling within the hypothalaomic network of weight regulation
Altered melanocortin-4 and melanin-concentrating hormone receptor signalling in obesity
Confirmation of candidate genes for human obesity in large population based studies and independent type 2 diabetic family samples
Variation in candidate genes for obesity: Relative and attributable risk with obesity related diseases and association with quantitative traits of the metabolic syndrome
Polymorphism and frequency of obesity candidate genes in stroke patients
Potential polymorphisms of the VLDL receptor and other obesity candidate genes in patients with and without coronary artery disease
Neuroimaging of hunger and satiety and assessment of sympathetic nerve activity in carriers of a MC4-R gene mutation
Functional studies on the interaction between genetically and environmentally induced obesity
Metabolic phenotyping of mouse models for obesity
Searching for genes of body weight regulation on the left arm of body weight distribution: constitutional delay of growth and puberty, a paediatric model of leanness
Population genetics and molecular evolution of candidate genes for obesity
Genome wide linkage analysis using high density SNP arrays
High Throughput SNP Genotyping in Candidate Genes for Human Obesity
Identification of natural genetic variation liked to high fatness in selected mouse lines
Identification of candidate genes for human obesity in a mouse model of morbid, polygenic obesity
Hypothalamic gene expression in states of altered energy balance
Biostatistics, genetic epidemiological methods and data management
MC4R signalling within the hypothalaomic network of weight regulation
Altered melanocortin-4 and melanin-concentrating hormone receptor signalling in obesity
Confirmation of candidate genes for human obesity in large population based studies and independent type 2 diabetic family samples
Variation in candidate genes for obesity: Relative and attributable risk with obesity related diseases and association with quantitative traits of the metabolic syndrome
Polymorphism and frequency of obesity candidate genes in stroke patients
Potential polymorphisms of the VLDL receptor and other obesity candidate genes in patients with and without coronary artery disease
Neuroimaging of hunger and satiety and assessment of sympathetic nerve activity in carriers of a MC4-R gene mutation
Functional studies on the interaction between genetically and environmentally induced obesity
Metabolic phenotyping of mouse models for obesity
Searching for genes of body weight regulation on the left arm of body weight distribution: constitutional delay of growth and puberty, a paediatric model of leanness
Population genetics and molecular evolution of candidate genes for obesity