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59
Citations
14348
World Ranking
3971
National Ranking
1806

Overview

Charles W. Wilkinson is affiliated with the University of Washington in the United States. Their research activities are primarily positioned within the fields of neuroscience, medicine, and nursing, with specific interests in subfields such as endocrine and autonomic systems, epidemiology, and nutrition and dietetics.

Their work encompasses multiple key topics including regulation of appetite and obesity, adipokines, inflammation and metabolic diseases, as well as biochemical analysis and sensing techniques. These topics reflect a broad engagement with physiological and biochemical processes influencing metabolic health.

Wilkinson has contributed to the academic community through publications in venues such as UNC Libraries. Among their recent scholarly outputs is the paper titled "Reduced Anorexigenic Efficacy of Leptin, But Not of the Melanocortin Receptor Agonist Melanotan-II, Predicts Diet-Induced Obesity in Rats", published in 2020 by UNC Libraries.

Throughout their career, Wilkinson has collaborated with a number of co-authors. Frequent collaborators include:

  • Gertjan van Dijk
  • Koert de Vries
  • Csaba Nyakas
  • Bauke Buwalda
  • Tiziana Adage

The research associated with Wilkinson addresses complex biological interactions related to appetite regulation and metabolic disorders, reflecting a multidisciplinary approach that integrates neuroscience, endocrinology, and nutritional science.

Best Publications

  • Effects of aerobic exercise on mild cognitive impairment: a controlled trial.

    Laura D. Baker;Laura L. Frank;Karen Foster-Schubert;Pattie S. Green

  • Intranasal insulin improves cognition and modulates β-amyloid in early AD

    M. A. Reger;G. S. Watson;P. S. Green;C. W. Wilkinson

  • Decreased Adrenocorticotropic Hormone and Cortisol Responses to Stress in Healthy Adults Reporting Significant Childhood Maltreatment

    Linda L. Carpenter;John P. Carvalho;Audrey R. Tyrka;Audrey R. Tyrka;Lauren M. Wier

  • Daily melatonin administration to middle-aged male rats suppresses body weight, intraabdominal adiposity, and plasma leptin and insulin independent of food intake and total body fat.

    T. Wolden-Hanson;D. R. Mitton;R. L. McCants;S. M. Yellon

  • Stress hormone levels of children of depressed mothers.

    Sharon B. Ashman;Geraldine Dawson;Heracles Panagiotides;Emily Yamada

  • The modulatory effects of corticosteroids on cognition: studies in young human populations.

    Sonia J. Lupien;Sonia J. Lupien;Charles W. Wilkinson;Sophie Brière;Sophie Brière;Catherine Ménard;Catherine Ménard

  • Enhancement of memory in Alzheimer disease with insulin and somatostatin, but not glucose.

    Suzanne Craft;Sanjay Asthana;John W. Newcomer;Charles W. Wilkinson

  • Aerobic exercise improves cognition for older adults with glucose intolerance, a risk factor for Alzheimer's disease.

    Laura D. Baker;Laura D. Baker;Laura L. Frank;Laura L. Frank;Karen Foster-Schubert;Karen Foster-Schubert;Pattie S Green;Pattie S Green

  • Gender differences in age-related changes in HPA axis reactivity.

    Teresa E. Seeman;Burton Singer;Charles W. Wilkinson;Bruce McEwen

  • Daily melatonin administration at middle age suppresses male rat visceral fat, plasma leptin, and plasma insulin to youthful levels.

    Dennis D Rasmussen;Brian M. Boldt;Charles M. Wilkinson;Steven M. Yellon

  • Childhood parental loss and adult hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal function.

    Audrey R. Tyrka;Audrey R. Tyrka;Lauren Wier;Lawrence H. Price;Lawrence H. Price;Nicole Ross

  • Nycthemeral rhythm in adrenal responsiveness to ACTH.

    M. F. Dallman;W. C. Engeland;J. C. Rose;C. W. Wilkinson

  • Diesel Exhaust Inhalation Elicits Acute Vasoconstriction in Vivo

    Alon Peretz;Jeffrey H. Sullivan;Daniel F. Leotta;Carol A. Trenga

  • Chronic Daily Ethanol and Withdrawal: 1. Long‐Term Changes in the Hypothalamo‐Pituitary‐Adrenal Axis

    Dennis D. Rasmussen;Brian M. Boldt;Carrie A. Bryant;Dennis R. Mitton

  • Sex and ApoE Genotype Differences in Treatment Response to Two Doses of Intranasal Insulin in Adults with Mild Cognitive Impairment or Alzheimer’s Disease

    Amy Claxton;Amy Claxton;Laura D. Baker;Charles W. Wilkinson;Charles W. Wilkinson;Emily H. Trittschuh;Emily H. Trittschuh

  • Decreased Hypothalamic-Pituitary Adrenal Axis Sensitivity to Cortisol Feedback Inhibition in Human Aging

    Charles W. Wilkinson;Elaine R. Peskind;Murray A. Raskind

  • Glucocorticoid feedback sensitivity and adrenocortical responsiveness in posttraumatic stress disorder.

    Evan D Kanter;Charles W Wilkinson;Allen D Radant;Eric C Petrie

  • Effect of intracerebroventricular α-MSH on food intake, adiposity, c-Fos induction, and neuropeptide expression

    Julie E. McMinn;Charles W. Wilkinson;Peter J. Havel;Stephen C. Woods

  • Glucocorticoid induction of the glaucoma gene MYOC in human and monkey trabecular meshwork cells and tissues.

    Abbot F. Clark;H. Thomas Steely;Jaime E. Dickerson;Sherry English-Wright

  • EFFECT OF CHRONIC HIGH-DOSE EXOGENOUS CORTISOL ON HIPPOCAMPAL NEURONAL NUMBER IN AGED NONHUMAN PRIMATES

    James B. Leverenz;Charles W. Wilkinson;Molly Wamble;Shannon Corbin

  • Diet intervention and cerebrospinal fluid biomarkers in amnestic mild cognitive impairment.

    Jennifer L. Bayer-Carter;Pattie S. Green;Thomas J. Montine;Brian VanFossen

Frequent Co-Authors

Elaine R. Peskind
Elaine R. Peskind University of Washington
Laura D. Baker
Laura D. Baker Wake Forest University
James B. Leverenz
James B. Leverenz Cleveland Clinic
Lawrence H. Price
Lawrence H. Price Brown University
Audrey R. Tyrka
Audrey R. Tyrka Brown University
Sanjay Asthana
Sanjay Asthana University of Wisconsin–Madison
Patricia Szot
Patricia Szot University of Washington
Sonia J. Lupien
Sonia J. Lupien University of Montreal
Allen D. Radant
Allen D. Radant University of Washington
Gerard D. Schellenberg
Gerard D. Schellenberg University of Pennsylvania

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