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Overview

Bradford B. Lowell is affiliated with Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on the field of Neuroscience, with significant contributions to subfields including Endocrine and Autonomic Systems, Cognitive Neuroscience, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, Neurology, and Social Psychology.

Their main areas of study encompass topics such as:

  • Sleep and Wakefulness Research
  • Regulation of Appetite and Obesity
  • Circadian Rhythm and Melatonin
  • Neuroendocrine Regulation and Behavior
  • Biochemical Analysis and Sensing Techniques
  • Sleep and Related Disorders
  • Neuroscience of Respiration and Sleep

Notable recent papers authored or co-authored by Bradford B. Lowell include:

  • Estimation of Current and Future Physiological States in Insular Cortex (2020, Neuron)
  • γδ T cells and adipocyte IL-17RC control fat innervation and thermogenesis (2020, Nature)
  • PNOCARC Neurons Promote Hyperphagia and Obesity upon High-Fat-Diet Feeding (2020, Neuron)
  • Highly selective brain-to-gut communication via genetically defined vagus neurons (2021, Neuron)
  • Orexin neurons inhibit sleep to promote arousal (2022, Nature Communications)

The scientist has frequently published in venues such as:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Nature
  • UNC Libraries
  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • Neuron

Frequent collaborators include:

  • Joseph C. Madara
  • Stefano Nardone
  • Jon M. Resch
  • Mark L. Andermann
  • Roberto De Luca

Best Publications

  • Mechanisms Controlling Mitochondrial Biogenesis and Respiration through the Thermogenic Coactivator PGC-1

    Zhidan Wu;Pere Puigserver;Ulf Andersson;Chenyu Zhang

  • Role of leptin in the neuroendocrine response to fasting

    Rexford S. Ahima;Daniel Prabakaran;Christos Mantzoros;Daqing Qu

  • Transcriptional co-activator PGC-1α drives the formation of slow-twitch muscle fibres

    Jiandie Lin;Hai Wu;Paul T. Tarr;Chen Yu Zhang

  • Mitochondrial dysfunction and type 2 diabetes.

    Bradford B. Lowell;Gerald I. Shulman

  • Towards a molecular understanding of adaptive thermogenesis.

    Bradford B. Lowell;Bruce M. Spiegelman

  • Leptin levels reflect body lipid content in mice: Evidence for diet-induced resistance to leptin action

    Robert C. Frederich;Andreas Hamann;Stephen Anderson;Bettina Löllmann

  • Rapid, reversible activation of AgRP neurons drives feeding behavior in mice

    Michael J. Krashes;Shuichi Koda;Chian Ping Ye;Sarah C. Rogan

  • Leptin action on GABAergic neurons prevents obesity and reduces inhibitory tone to POMC neurons.

    Linh Vong;Chianping Ye;Zongfang Yang;Brian Choi

  • Development of obesity in transgenic mice after genetic ablation of brown adipose tissue

    Bradford B. Lowell;Vedrana S-Susulic;Andreas Hamann;Joel A. Lawitts

  • Neuron-type-specific signals for reward and punishment in the ventral tegmental area

    Jeremiah Yaacov Cohen;Sebastian Haesler;Linh Vong;Bradford Barr Lowell

  • Defects in Adaptive Energy Metabolism with CNS-Linked Hyperactivity in PGC-1α Null Mice

    Jiandie Lin;Pei Hsuan Wu;Paul T. Tarr;Katrin S. Lindenberg

  • Mice lacking melanin-concentrating hormone are hypophagic and lean

    Masako Shimada;Nicholas A. Tritos;Bradford B. Lowell;Jeffrey S. Flier

  • Divergence of Melanocortin Pathways in the Control of Food Intake and Energy Expenditure

    Nina Balthasar;Louise T. Dalgaard;Charlotte E. Lee;Jia Yu

  • Uncoupling Protein-2 Negatively Regulates Insulin Secretion and Is a Major Link between Obesity, β Cell Dysfunction, and Type 2 Diabetes

    Chen-Yu Zhang;György Baffy;György Baffy;Pascale Perret;Stefan Krauss

  • Dentate Gyrus NMDA Receptors Mediate Rapid Pattern Separation in the Hippocampal Network

    Thomas J. McHugh;Matthew W. Jones;Matthew W. Jones;Jennifer J. Quinn;Jennifer J. Quinn;Nina Balthasar;Nina Balthasar

  • Adipose tissue mass can be regulated through the vasculature

    Maria A. Rupnick;Dipak Panigrahy;Chen-Yu Zhang;Susan M. Dallabrida

  • Leptin Receptor Signaling in POMC Neurons Is Required for Normal Body Weight Homeostasis

    Nina Balthasar;Roberto Coppari;Julie McMinn;Shun M Liu

  • Multiple cytokines and acute inflammation raise mouse leptin levels: potential role in inflammatory anorexia.

    Pasha Sarraf;Robert C. Frederich;Ewa M. Turner;Grace Ma

  • Targeted disruption of the glucose transporter 4 selectively in muscle causes insulin resistance and glucose intolerance.

    Zisman A;Peroni Od;Abel Ed;Michael

  • βAR Signaling Required for Diet-Induced Thermogenesis and Obesity Resistance

    Eric S. Bachman;Harveen Dhillon;Chen Yu Zhang;Saverio Cinti

  • Cytokine Stimulation of Energy Expenditure through p38 MAP Kinase Activation of PPARγ Coactivator-1

    Pere Puigserver;James Rhee;Jiandie Lin;Zhidan Wu

  • Nutritional and insulin regulation of fatty acid synthetase and leptin gene expression through ADD1/SREBP1.

    Jae Bum Kim;Pasha Sarraf;Margaret Wright;Kwok M. Yao

  • Leptin Directly Activates SF1 Neurons in the VMH, and This Action by Leptin Is Required for Normal Body-Weight Homeostasis

    Harveen Dhillon;Jeffrey M. Zigman;Chianping Ye;Charlotte E. Lee

Frequent Co-Authors

Michael J. Krashes
Michael J. Krashes National Institutes of Health
Mark L. Andermann
Mark L. Andermann Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
Barbara B. Kahn
Barbara B. Kahn Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
Bernardo L. Sabatini
Bernardo L. Sabatini Harvard Medical School
Patrick M. Fuller
Patrick M. Fuller Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
Qiufu Ma
Qiufu Ma Harvard University
Thomas L. Kash
Thomas L. Kash University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Thomas E. Scammell
Thomas E. Scammell Harvard Medical School
Allan E. Herbison
Allan E. Herbison University of Cambridge
Vamsi K. Mootha
Vamsi K. Mootha Harvard Medical School

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