The Metabolic Physiology Shared Resource (MPSR) (Kevin Niswender, MD, Ph.D., Director) assists investigators wishing to address hypotheses related to diabetes and metabolism. The Rat Metabolic Physiology Core (RMPC) is a section of the MPSR that provides novel techniques to better understand specifically rat models of diabetes and its complications.
The RMPC offers a variety of services including: chronic artery &/or vein cannulation, chronic ileal vein cannulation, chronic portal vein cannulation, insulin clamps, pancreatic clamps, indirect calorimetry, DMPK, and more.
Our Goals
- broaden the scope of techniques available to investigators
- standardize key methodologies
- expedite the completion of research
*The Vanderbilt University Medical Center (VUMC) Metabolic Physiology Shared Resource Core (MPSR) is supported by Diabetes Research Training Center (DRTC) NIH grant DK020593. Please acknowledge this in your publications*
We are located in rooms 7440 MRBIV (lab) and 807 LH (office).
