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Christian Broberger

Christian Broberger

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Neuroscience

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38
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9950
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Overview

Christian Broberger is a researcher affiliated with the Karolinska Institute in Sweden. Their body of work spans neuroscience and psychology, with a focus on neuroendocrine regulation and behavior. Broberger's research engages with various subfields including social psychology, cellular and molecular neuroscience, endocrine and autonomic systems, molecular biology, and behavioral neuroscience.

Key topics in Broberger's research include:

  • Neuroendocrine regulation and behavior
  • Receptor mechanisms and signaling
  • Neuroscience and neuropharmacology research
  • Regulation of appetite and obesity
  • Stress responses and cortisol
  • Circadian rhythm and melatonin
  • Hypothalamic control of reproductive hormones

Significant recent publications by Broberger and collaborators are:

  • "A Neuro-hormonal Circuit for Paternal Behavior Controlled by a Hypothalamic Network Oscillation," 2020, Cell
  • "Polysynaptic inhibition between striatal cholinergic interneurons shapes their network activity patterns in a dopamine-dependent manner," 2020, Nature Communications
  • "Adaptive Resetting of Tuberoinfundibular Dopamine (TIDA) Network Activity during Lactation in Mice," 2020, Journal of Neuroscience
  • "Pre- and post-synaptic modulation by GABAB receptors of rat neuroendocrine dopamine neurones," 2020, Journal of Neuroendocrinology
  • "Maternal Aggression Driven by the Transient Mobilisation of a Dormant Hormone-Sensitive Circuit," 2023, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)

Broberger's frequent coauthors include:

  • Laura Heikkinen
  • Stefanos Stagkourakis
  • Paul Williams
  • Katharina Ziegler
  • Cristina Sáenz de Miera

The scientist has published predominantly in journals such as Nature Communications, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), Cell, Journal of Neuroscience, and Journal of Neuroendocrinology.

Best Publications

  • Hypocretin/Orexin- and melanin-concentrating hormone-expressing cells form distinct populations in the rodent lateral hypothalamus: Relationship to the neuropeptide Y and agouti gene-related protein systems

    C. Broberger;L. De Lecea;J.G. Sutcliffe;T. Hökfelt

  • The neuropeptide Y/agouti gene-related protein (AGRP) brain circuitry in normal, anorectic, and monosodium glutamate-treated mice

    Christian Broberger;Jeanette Johansen;Carolina Johansson;Martin Schalling

  • Potent and nontoxic antisense oligonucleotides containing locked nucleic acids

    Claes R Wahlestedt;Peter Salmi;Liam Good;Johanna Kela

  • Neuropeptides--an overview

    Tomas Hökfelt;Christian Broberger;Zhi-Qing David Xu;Valeriy Sergeyev

  • Molecular interrogation of hypothalamic organization reveals distinct dopamine neuronal subtypes

    Roman A Romanov;Amit Zeisel;Joanne Bakker;Fatima Girach

  • Subtypes Y1 and Y2 of the neuropeptide Y receptor are respectively expressed in pro-opiomelanocortin- and neuropeptide-Y-containing neurons of the rat hypothalamic arcuate nucleus.

    Christian Broberger;Marc Landry;Helen Wong;John N. Walsh

  • Hypothalamic cocaine- and amphetamine-regulated transcript (CART) neurons: histochemical relationship to thyrotropin-releasing hormone, melanin-concentrating hormone, orexin/hypocretin and neuropeptide Y.

    Christian Broberger

  • Distribution and neuropeptide coexistence of nucleobindin-2 mRNA/nesfatin-like immunoreactivity in the rat CNS.

    K. S. Foo;Hjalmar Brismar;C. Broberger

  • Neuromedin B and gastrin-releasing peptide excite arcuate nucleus neuropeptide Y neurons in a novel transgenic mouse expressing strong Renilla green fluorescent protein in NPY neurons.

    Anthony N. van den Pol;Yang Yao;Li-Ying Fu;Kylie Foo

  • Brain regulation of food intake and appetite: molecules and networks

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  • Differential Distribution of α2A and α2C Adrenergic Receptor Immunoreactivity in the Rat Spinal Cord

    Laura S. Stone;Christian Broberger;Lucy Vulchanova;George L. Wilcox

  • Hypothalamic and vagal neuropeptide circuitries regulating food intake

    Christian Broberger;Tomas Hökfelt

  • Effect of LPS administration on the expression of POMC, NPY, galanin, CART and MCH mRNAs in the rat hypothalamus

    Valeriy Sergeyev;Christian Broberger;Tomas Hökfelt

  • Cocaine- and amphetamine-regulated transcript in the rat vagus nerve: A putative mediator of cholecystokinin-induced satiety

    Christian Broberger;Kristina Holmberg;Michael J. Kuhar;Tomas Hökfelt

  • Nucleobindin-2/nesfatin in the endocrine pancreas: distribution and relationship to glycaemic state.

    Kylie S Foo;Hanna Brauner;Claes-Göran Östenson;Christian Broberger

  • Neuropeptide Y Innervation and Neuropeptide-Y-Y1-Receptor-Expressing Neurons in the Paraventricular Hypothalamic Nucleus of the Mouse

    Christian Broberger;Theo J. Visser;Michael J. Kuhar;Tomas Hökfelt

  • A Specific and Essential Role for Na,K-ATPase α3 in Neurons Co-expressing α1 and α3

    Guillaume Azarias;Markus Kruusmägi;Siobhan Connor;Evgeny E. Akkuratov

  • Prolactin Regulates Tuberoinfundibular Dopamine Neuron Discharge Pattern: Novel Feedback Control Mechanisms in the Lactotrophic Axis

    David J Lyons;Arash Hellysaz;Christian Broberger

  • Expression and regulation of cholecystokinin and cholecystokinin receptors in rat nodose and dorsal root ganglia.

    Christian Broberger;Kristina Holmberg;Tie-Jun Shi;Graham Dockray

  • Neuropeptide Y: some viewpoints on a multifaceted peptide in the normal and diseased nervous system.

    T. Hökfelt;C. Broberger;X. Zhang;M. Diez

  • Effect of 2-mercaptoacetate and 2-deoxy-D-glucose administration on the expression of NPY, AGRP, POMC, MCH and hypocretin/orexin in the rat hypothalamus.

    Valeriy Sergeyev;Christian Broberger;Oleg Gorbatyuk;Tomas Hökfelt

Frequent Co-Authors

Tomas Hökfelt
Tomas Hökfelt Karolinska Institute
Marc Landry
Marc Landry University of Bordeaux
Tibor Harkany
Tibor Harkany Medical University of Vienna
Sven-Ove Ögren
Sven-Ove Ögren Karolinska Institute
Gilberto Fisone
Gilberto Fisone Karolinska Institute
Michael J. Kuhar
Michael J. Kuhar Emory University
Bruno Giros
Bruno Giros McGill University
David R. Grattan
David R. Grattan University of Otago
Robert Elde
Robert Elde University of Minnesota
Zsuzsanna Wiesenfeld-Hallin
Zsuzsanna Wiesenfeld-Hallin Karolinska Institute

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