Michael W. Brands, PhD

Regents' Professor & Director of Medical Physiology

Dr. Michael Brands

Phone (706) 721-3529
   Fax: (706) 721-7299
   E-mail:  mbrands@augusta.edu

   Office: GB-3330
Lab: CA-3098

Learn more about Dr. Brands' research

Education & Training

Rockhurst Jesuit University,
Kansas City, MO: BS, 1983

University of Missouri-Columbia,
Columbia, MO: PhD in Physiology, 1988

University of Mississippi Medical Center,
Jackson, MS: Postdoctoral fellowship, 1988-1991

Academic Appointments

Assistant Professor

1991
University of Mississippi Medical Center

Associate Professor

1996
University of Mississippi Medical Center

Professor

2000
Department of Physiology

Medical College of Georgia, Augusta University

Regents' Professor

2016
Department of Physiology

Medical College of Georgia, Augusta University

Research Interests

Cardiovascular-renal integrative physiology and hypertension. Longstanding interest in renal and hormonal mechanisms for chronic blood pressure and circulatory system control in states of insulin resistance, hyperinsulinemia, and diabetes.

Representative Publications

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Brands MW. Unifying Approach for Interpreting the Physiological Effect of High Salt Intake. Hypertension 2020;75:620-622.
Klemens CA, Brands MW, Staruschenko A. Postprandial effects on electrolyte homeostasis in the kidney. Am J Physiol Renal Physiol 2019;317:F1405-F1408.
Blass G, Klemens CA, Brands MW, Palygin O, Staruschenko A. Postprandial effects on ENaC-mediated sodium absorption. Sci. Rep. 2019;12:4296-4306.
Brands MW. The Role of Insulin-Mediated Antinatriuresis in Sodium Homeostasis and Hypertension. Hypertension. 2018 72:1255-1262.
Irsik DL, Brands MW. Physiologic Hyperinsulinemia Caused by Acute Hyperglycemia Minimizes Renal Sodium Loss by Direct Action on the Kidney. Am J Physiol Renal Physiol. 2018;315:R547-R552.
Irsik D, Blazer-Yost B, Staruschenko A, Brands MW. The normal increase in insulin after a meal may be required to prevent postprandial renal sodium and volume losses. Am J Physiol Reg Integ Comp Physiol, 2017 2017;312:R965-R972.
Brands MW and Manhiani MM. Sodium retaining effect of insulin in diabetes. Am J Physiol Regul Integr Comp Physiol. 303:R1101-1109, 2012.
Manhiani MM, Duggan AD, Wilson H, and Brands MW. Chronic Intra-Renal Insulin Replacement Reverses Diabetes Induced Natriuresis and Diuresis. Hypertension. 2012;59:421-430.