Heike Münzberg

Heike Münzberg publication distribution in Neuroscience in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Neuroscience in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Heike Münzberg sits on this spectrum.

Heike Münzberg D-index placement in Neuroscience in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Neuroscience scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Heike Münzberg sits on this spectrum.

Best Publications

• Mechanisms of leptin action and leptin resistance.

  Martin G Myers;Michael A Alexander Cowley;Heike Munzberg

  1340
  Citations

• Region-Specific Leptin Resistance within the Hypothalamus of Diet-Induced Obese Mice

  Heike Münzberg;Jeffrey S Flier;Christian Bjørbaek

  1021
  Citations

• A guide to analysis of mouse energy metabolism

  Matthias H Tschöp;John R Speakman;John R Speakman;Jonathan R S Arch;Johan Auwerx

  867
  Citations

• Molecular and anatomical determinants of central leptin resistance

  Heike Münzberg;Martin G Myers

  715
  Citations

• Canonical Nlrp3 Inflammasome Links Systemic Low-Grade Inflammation to Functional Decline in Aging

  Yun Hee Youm;Ryan W. Grant;Laura R. McCabe;Diana C. Albarado

  684
  Citations

• Leptin Acts via Leptin Receptor-Expressing Lateral Hypothalamic Neurons to Modulate the Mesolimbic Dopamine System and Suppress Feeding

  Gina M. Leinninger;Young Hwan Jo;Rebecca L. Leshan;Gwendolyn W. Louis

  488
  Citations

• Blaming the Brain for Obesity: Integration of Hedonic and Homeostatic Mechanisms

  Hans-Rudolf Berthoud;Heike Münzberg;Christopher D. Morrison

  460
  Citations

• Structure, production and signaling of leptin

  Unknown

  436
  Citations

• Leptin and Insulin Act on POMC Neurons to Promote the Browning of White Fat

  Garron T Dodd;Stephanie Sylvie Decherf;Kim Y Loh;Stephanie E Simonds

  430
  Citations

• Leptin receptor action and mechanisms of leptin resistance.

  H. Münzberg;M. Björnholm;S. H. Bates;M. G. Myers

  343
  Citations

• The Geometry of Leptin Action in the Brain: More Complicated Than a Simple ARC

  Martin G. Myers;Heike Münzberg;Gina M. Leinninger;Rebecca L. Leshan

  342
  Citations

• Role of Signal Transducer and Activator of Transcription 3 in Regulation of Hypothalamic Proopiomelanocortin Gene Expression by Leptin

  Unknown

  322
  Citations

• Galanin Neurons in the Ventrolateral Preoptic Area Promote Sleep and Heat Loss in Mice

  Daniel Kroeger;Gianna Absi;Celia Gagliardi;Sathyajit S. Bandaru

  270
  Citations

• Leptin Receptor Signaling and Action in the Central Nervous System

  Rebecca L. Leshan;Marie Björnholm;Heike Münzberg;Martin G. Myers

  265
  Citations

• Leptin-receptor-expressing neurons in the dorsomedial hypothalamus and median preoptic area regulate sympathetic brown adipose tissue circuits.

  Yan Zhang;Ilan A. Kerman;Amanda Laque;Phillip Nguyen

  263
  Citations

• The lateral hypothalamus as integrator of metabolic and environmental needs: From electrical self-stimulation to opto-genetics

  Unknown

  244
  Citations

• The long form of the leptin receptor regulates STAT5 and ribosomal protein S6 via alternate mechanisms.

  Yusong Gong;Ryoko Ishida-Takahashi;Eneida C. Villanueva;Diane C. Fingar

  243
  Citations

• Mice lacking inhibitory leptin receptor signals are lean with normal endocrine function

  Marie Björnholm;Heike Münzberg;Rebecca L. Leshan;Eneida C. Villanueva

  227
  Citations

• Enhanced Stat3 activation in POMC neurons provokes negative feedback inhibition of leptin and insulin signaling in obesity.

  M. B. Ernst;C. M. Wunderlich;S. Hess;M. Paehler

  214
  Citations

• Differential Accessibility of Circulating Leptin to Individual Hypothalamic Sites

  Unknown

  199
  Citations