Lockie Laboratory
Appetite & Behavioural
Control Group
Welcome to the Lockie Lab
We study how hunger signalling in the brain drives mood-related behaviour, memory, motivation and metabolism in mouse models of disease.
We're part of the Monash Biomedicine Discovery Institute, and a member of the Metabolism, Diabetes & Obesity,
Neuroscience and Cancer Programs, and the Department of Physiology.
Dr Sarah Lockie
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Our research
People with very high, or very low, body weights are much more likely to suffer depression and anxiety-related mental illness. From animal studies, we know that the brain circuits that control feeding and metabolism also play a role in mood, motivation, stress resilience and cognitive function. We use complex mouse genetic models in the presence of cancer cachexia, obesity and chronic calorie restriction to investigate how these systems work normally, and how they fail in complex disease states.
Lab members
We are committed to excellence in research.
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