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B -- STUDY "LEPTIN: REGULATION BY SYMPATHETIC ACTIVITY AND ROLE IN ENERGY EXPENDITURE" SOL RFP 573-028-97 DUE 042897 POC Marilyn D. Gray, Contract Specialist, (352) 374-6007 or Fax# 352/374-6117 The Research Department at the Department of Veterans Administration Medical Center in Gainesville, Florida intends to issue a contract with the University of Florida in the Pharmacology and Therapeutics Department. A project has been approved entitled, "Leptin: Regulation by Sympathetic Activity and Role in Engergy Expenditure" with the Principal Investigator, Philip J. Scarpace, PhD. This study has been approved for study through March 30, 2000.The primary goals are to identify biochemical pathway that is responsible for the production of heat in the brown adipose tissue of aged rats. No other company can provide the University of Florida Animal Use and Care Committee approval for the animal surgery and experiments to be performed.See Numbered Note(s) 22. (0101)

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