Our lab studies mechanisms of central control of peripheral metabolism and how this is altered in metabolic disease. We employ integrated physiology approaches to deconstruct the role of the brain in orchestrating organ crosstalk such as nutrient flux between adipose tissue and the liver and its relevance in regulating insulin action. We aim to elucidate the role of the sympathetic nervous system (SNS), adipose tissue lipolysis, lipotoxicity, glucose counter-regulation, and neuroinflammation in the pathophysiology of diabetes and obesity.
Program Faculty
- Christoph Buettner
- Professor
- Department: Department of Medicine
- Graduate Program(s): Cellular and Molecular Pharmacology | Physiology and Integrative Biology
- Major Research Interest(s): Aging, Endocrinology, Metabolism / Nutrition, Microbiome, Signaling
- Research Techniques: Clinical trials, Metabolomics
- Research Organism(s): Humans, Mice
- Rotation Faculty
- Phone: 1.7322357219
- Email:
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- Clinical Academic Building CAB, Room 7204
- 125 Paterson Street
- New Brunswick, NJ 08901-1977
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