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Blauvelt doctor receives $59,000 grant for menopause research Nov. 07, 2006 A medical researcher from Rockland has been awarded a grant to continue her work of trying to understand the role that a region of the brain plays in women undergoing menopause. Dr. Genevieve Neal-Perry, who lives in Blauvelt, was given a $59,000 grant last week from the American Federation for Aging Research, a New York City-based nonprofit organization dedicated to advancing biomedical research on aging. Her research is focusing on the role of the hypothalamus - an area of the brain that regulates thirst, hunger, body temperature, water balance and blood pressure and links the nervous system to the endocrine system. She is looking at the role that the hypothalamus plays in age-related reproductive failure. "For many years we thought that the ovaries were the only thing that caused you to age in terms of reproductive ability," she said in an interview yesterday. "My work and the work of others shows that the brain contributes to this process and may even accelerate the process." A better understanding of the role the brain plays in reproductive aging could lead to new, nonhormonal treatments for some of the side effects of menopause, including osteoporosis, heart disease and cognitive changes. Read More :
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