Identifying hypothalamic circuits that integrate stress and metabolism

这个项目旨在研究大脑在饥饿时是如何整合威胁的。利用尖端技术来操纵和记录神经活动，该项目将阐明大脑回路，整合威胁和食欲，以尽量减少在觅食过程中的压力暴露。这将扩大我们对大脑如何感知和应对饥饿的认识，并可能为控制大脑的大量基本生物过程提供相关信息。该项目的预期结果将有助于更好地理解控制从食物选择到社会互动等更复杂决策的回路。这将大大提高澳大利亚在神经科学研究领域的竞争力。

This project aims to investigate how the brain integrates threat during hunger. Using cutting-edge technology to manipulate and record neural activity this project will elucidate the brain circuits that integrate threat and appetite to minimize stress exposure during foraging. This will expand our knowledge on how the brain perceives and responds to hunger and may provide relevant information for a large number of basic biological processes controlling the brain. Expected outcomes of this project will contribute to a better understanding of the circuitry controlling more complex decisions from food selection through to social interactions. This should provide significant benefits for Australia’s competitiveness within neuroscience research.