Heike Münzberg

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

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  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

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  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

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  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

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  199
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