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Project

BNP production by and effects on the heart
Code
01J11307
Duration
01 January 2007 → 31 October 2009
Funding
Regional and community funding: Special Research Fund
Research disciplines
  • Medical and health sciences
    • Cardiac and vascular medicine
    • Laboratory medicine
    • Palliative care and end-of-life care
    • Physiology
    • Regenerative medicine
    • Other basic sciences
    • Cardiac and vascular medicine
    • Laboratory medicine
    • Palliative care and end-of-life care
    • Physiology
    • Regenerative medicine
    • Other clinical sciences
    • Other health sciences
    • Nursing
    • Other paramedical sciences
    • Cardiac and vascular medicine
    • Laboratory medicine
    • Palliative care and end-of-life care
    • Physiology
    • Regenerative medicine
    • Other translational sciences
    • Other medical and health sciences
Keywords
heart ischemia BNP stretch
 
Project description

The project hypothesizes that experiments on isolated cardiac muscle can clarify (i) the power of different inductors of BNP production by ventricular myocardium, and (ii) the direct, possibly protecting effects of BNP on cardiac muscle performance.