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Overview

Colleen M. Novak is affiliated with Kent State University in the United States. Their research spans multiple areas within medicine and neuroscience, focusing predominantly on physiology and metabolic processes.

Their recent publications demonstrate engagement with diverse topics in experimental biology and health sciences. Some notable papers include:

  • Statin Drugs Plus Th1 Cytokines Potentiate Apoptosis and Ras Delocalization in Human Breast Cancer Lines and Combine with Dendritic Cell-Based Immunotherapy to Suppress Tumor Growth in a Mouse Model of HER-2pos Disease, 2020, Vaccines
  • Skeletal muscle thermogenesis induction by exposure to predator odor, 2020, Journal of Experimental Biology
  • Enhanced weight and fat loss from long-term intermittent fasting in obesity-prone, low-fitness rats, 2020, Physiology & Behavior
  • Aerobic capacity modulates adaptive thermogenesis: Contribution of non-resting energy expenditure, 2020, Physiology & Behavior
  • Reduced contextually induced muscle thermogenesis in rats with calorie restriction and lower aerobic fitness but not monogenic obesity, 2023, Temperature

Their frequent co-authors include:

  • Erin Gorrell
  • Ashley Shemery
  • Lauren G. Koch
  • Steven L. Britton
  • Christina A. Watts

Colleen M. Novak's research often appears in these publication venues:

  • Physiology & Behavior
  • F1000Research
  • Journal of Visualized Experiments
  • Vaccines
  • Journal of Experimental Biology

The main fields of study covered in their work are:

  • Medicine
  • Neuroscience

Within these broad areas, subfields of focus include:

  • Physiology
  • Endocrine and Autonomic Systems
  • Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience
  • Epidemiology
  • Rehabilitation

Their research topics emphasize:

  • Adipose Tissue and Metabolism
  • Neurobiology and Insect Physiology Research
  • Dietary Effects on Health
  • Circadian rhythm and melatonin
  • Exercise and Physiological Responses
  • Diet and metabolism studies
  • Neuroendocrine regulation and behavior

Best Publications

  • The use of a running wheel to measure activity in rodents: relationship to energy balance, general activity, and reward.

    Colleen M. Novak;Paul R. Burghardt;James A. Levine

  • The enzyme CD38 (a NAD glycohydrolase, EC 3.2.2.5) is necessary for the development of diet-induced obesity

    Maria Thereza P. Barbosa;Sandra M. Soares;Colleen M. Novak;David Sinclair

  • Transgenic expression of cholesterol 7α‐hydroxylase in the liver prevents high‐fat diet–induced obesity and insulin resistance in mice

    Tiangang Li;Erika Owsley;Michelle Matozel;Peter Hsu

  • Deleted in breast cancer-1 regulates SIRT1 activity and contributes to high-fat diet-induced liver steatosis in mice

    Carlos Escande;Claudia C S Chini;Veronica Nin;Katherine Minter Dykhouse

  • Caloric restriction and physical activity in zebrafish (Danio rerio)

    Colleen M. Novak;Xiaoling Jiang;Chuanfeng Wang;Jennifer A. Teske

  • Central orexin sensitivity, physical activity, and obesity in diet-induced obese and diet-resistant rats

    Colleen M. Novak;Catherine M. Kotz;Catherine M. Kotz;James A. Levine;James A. Levine

  • Loss of FXR Protects against Diet-Induced Obesity and Accelerates Liver Carcinogenesis in ob/ob Mice

    Yanqiao Zhang;Xuemei Ge;Lydia A. Heemstra;Wei-Dong Chen

  • Evaluation of a quantitative magnetic resonance imaging system for whole body composition analysis in rodents.

    Joshua P. Nixon;Minzhi Zhang;Chuanfeng Wang;Chuanfeng Wang;Michael A. Kuskowski

  • Orexin A mediation of time spent moving in rats: neural mechanisms.

    Catherine M Kotz;Catherine M Kotz;ChuanFeng Wang;J. A. Teske;A. J. Thorpe

  • Spontaneous activity, economy of activity, and resistance to diet-induced obesity in rats bred for high intrinsic aerobic capacity

    Colleen M. Novak;Colleen M. Novak;Carlos Escande;Paul R. Burghardt;Minzhi Zhang

  • Actions of testosterone in prepubertal and postpubertal male hamsters: dissociation of effects on reproductive behavior and brain androgen receptor immunoreactivity

    Leslie R. Meek;Russell D. Romeo;Colleen M. Novak;Cheryl L. Sisk

  • Daily rhythms in Fos activity in the rat ventrolateral preoptic area and midline thalamic nuclei.

    Colleen M. Novak;Antonio A. Nunez

  • Galectin-3 Stimulates Preadipocyte Proliferation and Is Up-regulated in Growing Adipose Tissue

    Kohji Kiwaki;Colleen M. Novak;Daniel K. Hsu;Fu Tong Liu

  • Central neural and endocrine mechanisms of non-exercise activity thermogenesis and their potential impact on obesity.

    C. M. Novak;J. A. Levine

  • Enhanced sympathetic activity in mice with brown adipose tissue transplantation (transBATation)

    Zheng Zhu;Elizabeth G. Spicer;Chaitanya K. Gavini;Ashley J. Goudjo-Ako

  • Leanness and heightened nonresting energy expenditure: role of skeletal muscle activity thermogenesis

    Chaitanya K. Gavini;Sromona Mukherjee;Charu Shukla;Steven L. Britton

  • Rhythms in Fos expression in brain areas related to the sleep-wake cycle in the diurnal Arvicanthis niloticus

    Colleen M. Novak;Laura Smale;Antonio A. Nunez

  • Suprachiasmatic nucleus projections to the paraventricular thalamic nucleus in nocturnal rats (Rattus norvegicus) and diurnal nile grass rats (Arviacanthis niloticus).

    Colleen M. Novak;Julie A. Harris;Laura Smale;Antonio A. Nunez

  • Endurance capacity, not body size, determines physical activity levels: role of skeletal muscle PEPCK.

    Colleen M. Novak;Colleen M. Novak;Carlos Escande;Susan M. Gerber;Eduardo N. Chini

  • Novel phase-shifting effects of GABAA receptor activation in the suprachiasmatic nucleus of a diurnal rodent.

    C. M. Novak;H. E. Albers

Frequent Co-Authors

H. Elliott Albers
H. Elliott Albers Georgia State University
Karen L. Gamble
Karen L. Gamble University of Alabama at Birmingham
Joel N. Hirschhorn
Joel N. Hirschhorn Boston Children's Hospital
Huda Akil
Huda Akil University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Asko Tolvanen
Asko Tolvanen University of Jyväskylä

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