Biomedical Research Center SAS
Topic
Diabetic cardiomyopathy – impact of obesity and diabetes in female Zucker-diabetic fatty rats
PhD. program
animal physiology
Name of the supervisor
RNDr. Michal Cagalinec, PhD.
Contact:
Receiving school
Faculty of Natural Sciences, Comenius University in Bratislava
Annotation
The aim of the work is to characterize cardiac myocyte calcium dynamics and ultrastructure in Zucker-diabetic fatty female rats and compare these characteristics in lean and obese variants with/out developed cardiomyopathy to distinguish pathomechanisms induced by diet, obesity and dibetic condition.