This grant announcement from the American Heart Association caught Lab Land’s eye. All three of the scientists involved in this project, examining the connections between hypertension, inflammation and the sympathetic nervous system in PTSD, have Emory connections:
*Kerry Ressler, previously Emory Psychiatry/HHMI-supported/Yerkes-based lab/Grady Trauma Project, who moved this summer to Harvard’s McLean Hospital
Related finding that emerged from the Grady Trauma Project: Blood pressure drugs linked with lower PTSD symptoms
*Paul Marvar, who worked with both David Harrison and Kerry Ressler at Emory, and is now at George Washington University
Related item on Marvar’s work: Immune cells required for stress-induced rise in blood pressure in animals
*Jeanie Park, kidney specialist who is here now! The grant is exploring the relationship between the sympathetic nervous system, regulation of blood pressure and PTSD.
2015Â TV interview with Park on her chronic kidney disease research
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