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Neuroscience
Hungary
2026

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Neuroscience

D-Index
59
Citations
11889
World Ranking
4022
National Ranking
10

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Neuroscience in Hungary Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Neuroscience in Hungary Leader Award

Overview

Csaba Fekete is affiliated with the Institute of Experimental Medicine in Hungary and has established a significant research profile primarily in the fields of medicine and neuroscience. Their research contributions span diverse subfields including endocrinology, diabetes and metabolism, endocrine and autonomic systems, physiology, molecular biology, and surgery.

The main topics of Csaba Fekete's research include:

  • Thyroid Disorders and Treatments
  • Regulation of Appetite and Obesity
  • Diabetes Treatment and Management
  • Adipose Tissue and Metabolism
  • Growth Hormone and Insulin-like Growth Factors
  • Pancreatic function and diabetes
  • Neuropeptides and Animal Physiology

Csaba Fekete has published in several recurrent scientific venues, reflecting their diverse research interests. Key publication venues include:

  • Brain Structure and Function
  • Nature Communications
  • Journal of the Endocrine Society
  • iScience
  • Thyroid

The scientist has contributed to various recent papers, with notable works such as:

  • Semaglutide lowers body weight in rodents via distributed neural pathways, 2020, JCI Insight
  • Distribution and ultrastructural localization of the glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor (GLP-1R) in the rat brain, 2020, Brain Structure and Function
  • The metabolic stress response: Adaptation to acute-, repeated- and chronic challenges in mice, 2022, iScience
  • Triiodothyronine (T3) promotes brown fat hyperplasia via thyroid hormone receptor α mediated adipocyte progenitor cell proliferation, 2022, Nature Communications
  • Glucagon-Like Peptide-1 Regulates the Proopiomelanocortin Neurons of the Arcuate Nucleus both Directly and Indirectly via Presynaptic Action, 2020, Neuroendocrinology

Collaborations form a significant part of Csaba Fekete's professional activities. Frequent coauthors include:

  • Balázs Gereben
  • Anett Szilvásy-Szabó
  • Richárd Sinkó
  • Yvette Ruska
  • Petra Mohácsik

Their body of work focuses heavily on the interplay between hormonal regulation, metabolic processes, and neurobiology, particularly concerning endocrinological disorders and metabolic diseases. The integrative approach seen in their research addresses molecular, physiological, and systemic levels of study, especially related to thyroid function, obesity, and diabetes.

Best Publications

  • Conditional Deletion Of Brain-Derived Neurotrophic Factor in the Postnatal Brain Leads to Obesity and Hyperactivity

    Maribel Rios;Guoping Fan;Csaba Fekete;Joseph Kelly

  • Semaglutide lowers body weight in rodents via distributed neural pathways

    Sanaz Gabery;Casper G. Salinas;Sarah J. Paulsen;Jonas Ahnfelt-Rønne

  • Transcellular stomach absorption of a derivatized glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor agonist.

    Stephen T. Buckley;Tine A. Bækdal;Andreas Vegge;Stine J. Maarbjerg

  • α-melanocyte-stimulating hormone is contained in nerve terminals innervating thyrotropin-releasing hormone-synthesizing neurons in the hypothalamic paraventricular nucleus and prevents fasting-induced suppression of prothyrotropin-releasing hormone gene expression

    Csaba Fekete;Gábor Légrádi;Emese Mihály;Qin Heng Huang

  • The TRH neuron: a hypothalamic integrator of energy metabolism.

    Ronald M Lechan;Csaba Fekete

  • Enhanced PIP3 signaling in POMC neurons causes KATP channel activation and leads to diet-sensitive obesity

    Leona Plum;Xiaosong Ma;Brigitte Hampel;Nina Balthasar

  • Central regulation of hypothalamic-pituitary-thyroid axis under physiological and pathophysiological conditions.

    Csaba Fekete;Csaba Fekete;Ronald M. Lechan;Ronald M. Lechan;Ronald M. Lechan

  • The Orexigenic Effect of Ghrelin Is Mediated through Central Activation of the Endogenous Cannabinoid System

    Blerina Kola;Imre Farkas;Mirjam Christ-Crain;Gábor Wittmann

  • Neuropeptide Y has a central inhibitory action on the hypothalamic-pituitary-thyroid axis.

    Csaba Fekete;Joseph Kelly;Emese Mihály;Sumit Sarkar

  • CB(1) signaling in forebrain and sympathetic neurons is a key determinant of endocannabinoid actions on energy balance.

    Carmelo Quarta;Luigi Bellocchio;Luigi Bellocchio;Giacomo Mancini;Roberta Mazza

  • Association of cocaine- and amphetamine-regulated transcript-immunoreactive elements with thyrotropin-releasing hormone-synthesizing neurons in the hypothalamic paraventricular nucleus and its role in the regulation of the hypothalamic-pituitary-thyroid axis during fasting

    Csaba Fekete;Emese Mihaly;Lu-Guang Luo;Joseph Kelly

  • Lipopolysaccharide Induces Type 2 Iodothyronine Deiodinase in the Mediobasal Hypothalamus: Implications for the Nonthyroidal Illness Syndrome

    Csaba Fekete;Balázs Gereben;Márton Doleschall;John W. Harney

  • AMP-activated protein kinase mediates glucocorticoid-induced metabolic changes: a novel mechanism in Cushing’s syndrome

    Mirjam Christ-Crain;Blerina Kola;Francesca Lolli;Csaba Fekete

  • Peripheral, but not central, CB1 antagonism provides food intake-independent metabolic benefits in diet-induced obese rats.

    Rubén Nogueiras;Christelle Veyrat-Durebex;Paula M. Suchanek;Marcella Klein

  • Agouti-related protein (AGRP) has a central inhibitory action on the hypothalamic-pituitary-thyroid (HPT) axis; comparisons between the effect of AGRP and neuropeptide Y on energy homeostasis and the HPT axis.

    Csaba Fekete;Sumit Sarkar;William M. Rand;John W. Harney

  • Negative feedback regulation of hypophysiotropic thyrotropin-releasing hormone (TRH) synthesizing neurons; role of neuronal afferents and type 2 deiodinase

    Csaba Fekete;Ronald M. Lechan;Ronald M. Lechan

  • Coordination of hypothalamic and pituitary T3 production regulates TSH expression

    Tatiana L. Fonseca;Mayrin Correa-Medina;Maira P.O. Campos;Gabor Wittmann

  • Improved method for combination of immunocytochemistry and Nissl staining

    Andrea Kádár;Gábor Wittmann;Gábor Wittmann;Zsolt Liposits;Zsolt Liposits;Csaba Fekete;Csaba Fekete

  • Hypophysiotropic Thyrotropin-Releasing Hormone-Synthesizing Neurons in the Human Hypothalamus Are Innervated by Neuropeptide Y, Agouti-Related Protein, and α-Melanocyte-Stimulating Hormone

    Emese Mihály;Csaba Fekete;Csaba Fekete;Jeffrey B. Tatro;Zsolt Liposits

  • Distribution of type 1 cannabinoid receptor (CB1)‐immunoreactive axons in the mouse hypothalamus

    Gábor Wittmann;Levente Deli;Imre Kalló;Erik Hrabovszky

  • VGF is Required for Obesity Induced by Diet, Gold Thioglucose Treatment, and Agouti and is Differentially Regulated in Pro-Opiomelanocortin- and Neuropeptide Y-Containing Arcuate Neurons in Response to Fasting

    Seung Hahm;Csaba Fekete;Csaba Fekete;Tooru M. Mizuno;Joan Windsor

Frequent Co-Authors

Zsolt Liposits
Zsolt Liposits Institute of Experimental Medicine
Erik Hrabovszky
Erik Hrabovszky Hungarian Academy of Sciences
Masahiko Watanabe
Masahiko Watanabe Hokkaido University
Giovanni Marsicano
Giovanni Marsicano University of Bordeaux
Miklós Palkovits
Miklós Palkovits Semmelweis University
Hugh Watkins
Hugh Watkins University of Oxford
Michael J. Kuhar
Michael J. Kuhar Emory University
Ken Mackie
Ken Mackie Indiana University
Frances M. Ashcroft
Frances M. Ashcroft University of Oxford

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