Dr Michael Greenwood
BSc (Manch.), MRes(Manch.), PhD(Manc.)
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Projects and supervisions
Thesis supervisions
RASD1: a small G protein with a complex role in Vasopressin magnocellular neurons
Supervisors
Transcriptomic Plasticity of the Core Hypothalamic Osmoregulatory Control Centre of the Arabian Dromedary Camel
Supervisors
An exploration of genetic paradigms to investigate neuroregulatory genetic pathways in cardiovascular health
Supervisors
Metabolic and Molecular Changes in Visceral Obesity
Supervisors
The Transcriptomics of the Hypothalamic-Kidney Axis in a Desert Rodent
Supervisors
Publications
Recent publications
05/08/2026A clinical and experimental investigation of liraglutide effects on the brain-kidney axis
Science Advances
Transcriptomic changes in the jerboa supraoptic nucleus during osmotic stress: PCSK1 and PTPRN changes are conserved across desert and mesic species
Journal of Neuroendocrinology
Knockdown of the type 1 cannabinoid receptor in the central amygdala increases both spontaneous and water deprivation-induced sodium intake in rats
AJP - Regulatory, Integrative and Comparative Physiology
Reconstruction of the transcriptional regulatory networks in the kidney of desert-adapted species
Communications Biology
Dimerization of hub protein DYNLL1 and bZIP transcription factor CREB3L1 enhances transcriptional activation of CREB3L1 target genes like arginine vasopressin
Peptides
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