{"id":43736,"date":"2024-04-09T11:02:33","date_gmt":"2024-04-09T08:02:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mu-sofia.bg\/international-activities\/bnrrp\/research-groups\/sensory-neurobiology\/"},"modified":"2024-04-09T11:03:26","modified_gmt":"2024-04-09T08:03:26","slug":"sensory-neurobiology","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/mu-sofia.bg\/en\/international-activities\/bnrrp\/research-groups\/sensory-neurobiology\/","title":{"rendered":"Sensory Neurobiology"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"43736\" class=\"elementor elementor-43736 elementor-43247\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-bf81696 elementor-section-stretched elementor-section-full_width elementor-section-height-min-height elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-items-middle\" data-id=\"bf81696\" data-element_type=\"section\" 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Nikolai E. Lazarov<\/strong> &#8211; Faculty of Medicine, Department of<br \/>\nAnatomy, Histology and Embryology, MU \u2013 Sofia<\/p>\n<p><strong>Prof. Dr. Lazar Jelev<\/strong> &#8211; Faculty of Medicine, Department of Anatomy, Histology and Embryology, MU \u2013 Sofia<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-51e36ec\" data-id=\"51e36ec\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a837832 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"a837832\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Members of the research team:<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-257484c elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"257484c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul>\n<li>Associate Professor Dimitrinka Y. Atanasova-Dimitrova, PhD;<\/li>\n<li>Associate Professor Angel D. Dandov, PhD;<\/li>\n<li>Professor Lina Malinova, PhD;<\/li>\n<li>Professor Radoslav Girchev, PhD;<\/li>\n<li>Dr. Petya Markova, PhD;<\/li>\n<li>Assistant Professor Nikola Stamenov, PhD student;<\/li>\n<li>Assistant Professor Andrey Ivanov, PhD student;<\/li>\n<li>Assistant Professor Albert Gradev, young scientist;<\/li>\n<li>Assistant Professor Vasil Iliev, young scientist<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-f8b38da elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"f8b38da\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-extended\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-387d279\" data-id=\"387d279\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3c0237f elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"3c0237f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Research goals<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e5a8dfc elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"e5a8dfc\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tThe current project aims to:\r\n\u2022 detect the normal structure and determine neurotransmitter phenotypes of the control CB and NEB in normotensive Wistar rats (NWR) and Wistar Kyoto rats (WKY) as the starting point for the assessment of their altered morphology and transmitter phenotype in hypertension.\r\n\u2022 study the potential mechanisms of CB and NEB cell hyperpla\u00acsia and new angiogenesis under hypertensive conditions and their physiological conse\u00acquences in animal models of hypertension.\r\n\u2022 gain insight into the neurotransmitter profile of chemosensory cells in the hypertensive CB and NEBs.\r\n\u2022 unravel a possible link between the hypersensitivity to hypoxia observed in SHRs and FHRs and chemical coding of CBs and NEBs.\r\n\u2022 validate the data obtained in hypertensive rat strains in humans with hypertension.\r\n\r\nA team of researchers from various disciplines, including morphologists and pathologists, physiologists, molecular biologists and geneticists will carry out this interdisciplinary project.\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-940a5a9\" data-id=\"940a5a9\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>RESEARCH UNIVERSITY research group Sensory Neurobiology Main research area of the group Respiratory and cardiovascular homeostasis in health and disease Leading researchers Prof. DSc. 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