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Urocortin in the hypothalamic PVN increases leptin and affects uncoupling proteins-1 and -3 in rats.
American journal of physiology. Regulatory, integrative and comparative physiology Feb, 2002 | Pubmed ID: 11792665
Injection of alpha-MSH, but not beta-endorphin, into the PVN decreases POMC gene expression in the ARC.
Neuroreport Mar, 2002 | Pubmed ID: 11930169
It's time to start treating obesity.
The American journal of cardiology Apr, 2002 | Pubmed ID: 11950437
Opioid receptor blockade in rat nucleus tractus solitarius alters amygdala dynorphin gene expression.
American journal of physiology. Regulatory, integrative and comparative physiology Jul, 2002 | Pubmed ID: 12069941
Obesity: its time has come.
American journal of hypertension Jul, 2002 | Pubmed ID: 12118916
Effect of nociceptin/orphanin FQ on food intake in rats that differ in diet preference.
Pharmacology, biochemistry, and behavior Oct, 2002 | Pubmed ID: 12151026
Naltrexone infusion inhibits the development of preference for a high-sucrose diet.
American journal of physiology. Regulatory, integrative and comparative physiology Nov, 2002 | Pubmed ID: 12376408
Measurement of sleep apnea during obesity treatment.
Obesity research Nov, 2002 | Pubmed ID: 12446857
Overweight, obesity, and associated disease burden in the Veterans Affairs ambulatory care population.
Military medicine Mar, 2003 | Pubmed ID: 12685694
Effects of intracerebroventricular ethanol on ingestive behavior and induction of c-Fos immunoreactivity in selected brain regions.
Physiology & behavior Jun, 2003 | Pubmed ID: 12818716
Neural basis of orexigenic effects of ghrelin acting within lateral hypothalamus.
Peptides Apr, 2003 | Pubmed ID: 12860204
Effects of the opioid antagonist naltrexone on feeding induced by DAMGO in the ventral tegmental area and in the nucleus accumbens shell region in the rat.
American journal of physiology. Regulatory, integrative and comparative physiology Nov, 2003 | Pubmed ID: 12907414
Hypothalamic paraventricular injections of ghrelin: effect on feeding and c-Fos immunoreactivity.
Peptides Jun, 2003 | Pubmed ID: 12948845
Our journey with neuropeptide Y: effects on ingestive behaviors and energy expenditure.
Peptides Mar, 2004 | Pubmed ID: 15134869
Intra-amygdalar injection of DAMGO: effects on c-Fos levels in brain sites associated with feeding behavior.
Brain research Jul, 2004 | Pubmed ID: 15223361
Opioids as agents of reward-related feeding: a consideration of the evidence.
Physiology & behavior Aug, 2004 | Pubmed ID: 15234591
Alterations in food intake by opioid and dopamine signaling pathways between the ventral tegmental area and the shell of the nucleus accumbens.
Brain research Aug, 2004 | Pubmed ID: 15262208
Age-related changes in brain proDynorphin gene expression in the rat.
Neurobiology of aging Nov-Dec, 2004 | Pubmed ID: 15465632
Weight and body mass index in Parkinson's disease patients after deep brain stimulation surgery.
Parkinsonism & related disorders Jun, 2005 | Pubmed ID: 15878586
Drosophila target of rapamycin kinase functions as a multimer.
Genetics Jan, 2006 | Pubmed ID: 16219781
Effect of opioid receptor ligands injected into the rostral lateral hypothalamus on c-fos and feeding behavior.
Brain research Jun, 2006 | Pubmed ID: 16716266
Paraventricular opioids alter intake of high-fat but not high-sucrose diet depending on diet preference in a binge model of feeding.
American journal of physiology. Regulatory, integrative and comparative physiology Jul, 2007 | Pubmed ID: 17428895
Entero-endocrine changes after gastric bypass in diabetic and nondiabetic patients: a preliminary study.
The Journal of surgical research Jul, 2007 | Pubmed ID: 17574036
Adipokine response in diabetics and nondiabetics following the Roux-en-Y gastric bypass: a preliminary study.
The Journal of surgical research Oct, 2007 | Pubmed ID: 17640666
Neuroregulation of nonexercise activity thermogenesis and obesity resistance.
American journal of physiology. Regulatory, integrative and comparative physiology Mar, 2008 | Pubmed ID: 18160530
Hypoxia induces cardiac malformations via A1 adenosine receptor activation in chicken embryos.
Birth defects research. Part A, Clinical and molecular teratology Mar, 2008 | Pubmed ID: 18186126
Obesity as a disease: a white paper on evidence and arguments commissioned by the Council of the Obesity Society.
Obesity (Silver Spring, Md.) Jun, 2008 | Pubmed ID: 18464753
Selection of electrical algorithms to treat obesity with intermittent vagal block using an implantable medical device.
Surgery for obesity and related diseases : official journal of the American Society for Bariatric Surgery Mar-Apr, 2009 | Pubmed ID: 18996767
Amygdalar opioids modulate hypothalamic melanocortin-induced anorexia.
Physiology & behavior Mar, 2009 | Pubmed ID: 19136019
Twisted gastrulation limits apoptosis in the distal region of the mandibular arch in mice.
Developmental biology Apr, 2009 | Pubmed ID: 19389368
WNT5A mutations in patients with autosomal dominant Robinow syndrome.
Developmental dynamics : an official publication of the American Association of Anatomists Jan, 2010 | Pubmed ID: 19918918
Bone morphogenic protein 2 directly enhances differentiation of murine osteoclast precursors.
Journal of cellular biochemistry Mar, 2010 | Pubmed ID: 20039313
Evaluation of a quantitative magnetic resonance imaging system for whole body composition analysis in rodents.
Obesity (Silver Spring, Md.) Aug, 2010 | Pubmed ID: 20057373
Chronic administration of brain-derived neurotrophic factor in the hypothalamic paraventricular nucleus reverses obesity induced by high-fat diet.
American journal of physiology. Regulatory, integrative and comparative physiology May, 2010 | Pubmed ID: 20164202
Brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) in the hypothalamic ventromedial nucleus increases energy expenditure.
Brain research Jun, 2010 | Pubmed ID: 20398635
The lighter side of BDNF.
American journal of physiology. Regulatory, integrative and comparative physiology May, 2011 | Pubmed ID: 21346243
The molecular and cellular basis of variable craniofacial phenotypes and their genetic rescue in Twisted gastrulation mutant mice.
Developmental biology Jul, 2011 | Pubmed ID: 21549111
Glycosylation of Twisted Gastrulation is Required for BMP Binding and Activity during Craniofacial Development.
Frontiers in physiology , 2011 | Pubmed ID: 21941513
Exenatide as a weight-loss therapy in extreme pediatric obesity: a randomized, controlled pilot study.
Obesity (Silver Spring, Md.) Feb, 2012 | Pubmed ID: 22076596
Neuropeptides controlling energy balance: orexins and neuromedins.
Handbook of experimental pharmacology , 2012 | Pubmed ID: 22249811
Sleep and obesity: a focus on animal models.
Neuroscience and biobehavioral reviews Mar, 2012 | Pubmed ID: 22266350
Orexin A decreases lipid peroxidation and apoptosis in a novel hypothalamic cell model.
Neuroscience letters Aug, 2012 | Pubmed ID: 22796468
The EMPOWER study: randomized, prospective, double-blind, multicenter trial of vagal blockade to induce weight loss in morbid obesity.
Obesity surgery Nov, 2012 | Pubmed ID: 22956251
Maternal diet supplementation with methyl donors and increased parity affect the incidence of craniofacial defects in the offspring of twisted gastrulation mutant mice.
The Journal of nutrition Mar, 2013 | Pubmed ID: 23343680
High and low activity rats: elevated intrinsic physical activity drives resistance to diet-induced obesity in non-bred rats.
Obesity (Silver Spring, Md.) Feb, 2013 | Pubmed ID: 23404834
Partial sleep deprivation by environmental noise increases food intake and body weight in obesity-resistant rats.
Obesity (Silver Spring, Md.) Jul, 2013 | Pubmed ID: 23666828
Roux-en-Y gastric bypass vs intensive medical management for the control of type 2 diabetes, hypertension, and hyperlipidemia: the Diabetes Surgery Study randomized clinical trial.
JAMA : the journal of the American Medical Association Jun, 2013 | Pubmed ID: 23736733
Orexin modulation of adipose tissue.
Biochimica et biophysica acta Mar, 2014 | Pubmed ID: 23791983
Orexin: pathways to obesity resistance?
Reviews in endocrine & metabolic disorders Dec, 2013 | Pubmed ID: 24005942
Role of the locus coeruleus in enhanced orexin A-induced spontaneous physical activity in obesity-resistant rats.
American journal of physiology. Regulatory, integrative and comparative physiology Dec, 2013 | Pubmed ID: 24089383
Methodological considerations for measuring spontaneous physical activity in rodents.
American journal of physiology. Regulatory, integrative and comparative physiology Mar, 2014 | Pubmed ID: 24598463
Tammy A. Butterick1,2,
Cayla M. Duffy1,2,
Rachel E. Lee3,
Charles J. Billington1,2,4,
Catherine M. Kotz1,2,
Joshua P. Nixon1,2
1Department of Veterans Affairs, Minneapolis Veterans Affairs Health Care System,
2Department of Food Science and Nutrition, University of Minnesota,
3Department of Integrative Biology and Physiology, University of Minnesota,
4Department of Medicine, University of Minnesota Medical School, University of Minnesota