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

 

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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.

Dr. Brands' Faculty Profile

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LAB PERSONNEL

Weston Bush
Research Assistant

Alex Coleman
Research Assistant

2021 Brands LabPictured from left to right: Weston Bush, Alex Coleman (2021)
 
2019 Brands LabPictured from left to right: Katherine Hatcher,
Rob Muller, Dr. Michael Brands (2019)
 
Dr. Brands LabPictured from left to right: Dan Duggan, Rabei Alaisami, Debra Irsik, Michael Brands, Ashley Washington