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Overview

Henryk F. Urbanski is affiliated with the Oregon National Primate Research Center in the United States. Their research primarily spans the fields of Medicine and Neuroscience, with a notable focus on Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism, Genetics, Physiology, Reproductive Medicine, and Behavioral Neuroscience.

The scientist's main topics of work include:

  • Estrogen and related hormone effects
  • Stress Responses and Cortisol
  • Menopause: Health Impacts and Treatments
  • Hormonal and reproductive studies
  • Alzheimer's disease research and treatments
  • Functional Brain Connectivity Studies
  • Advanced Neuroimaging Techniques and Applications

Henryk F. Urbanski has contributed publications to several frequent venues, such as:

  • Frontiers in Aging Neuroscience
  • GeroScience
  • Neurobiology of Aging
  • Journal of Clinical Medicine
  • Biology of Reproduction

Their recent papers include:

  • "The Rhesus Macaque as a Translational Model for Neurodegeneration and Alzheimer's Disease," published in 2021 in Frontiers in Aging Neuroscience
  • "Mechanisms underlying TDP-43 pathology and neurodegeneration: An updated Mini-Review," published in 2023 in Frontiers in Aging Neuroscience
  • "The Glucocorticoid Receptor NR3C1 in Testicular Peritubular Cells is Developmentally Regulated and Linked to the Smooth Muscle-Like Cellular Phenotype," published in 2020 in Journal of Clinical Medicine
  • "Effects of estradiol supplementation on the brain transcriptome of old rhesus macaques maintained on an obesogenic diet," published in 2021 in GeroScience
  • "Brain volumetrics across the lifespan of the rhesus macaque," published in 2023 in Neurobiology of Aging

Frequent collaborators in Henryk F. Urbanski's research include:

  • Steven G. Kohama
  • Rita Cervera-Juanes
  • Maria-Luisa Appleman
  • Alison R. Weiss
  • Christopher D. Kroenke

Best Publications

  • A role for N-methyl-D-aspartate (NMDA) receptors in the control of LH secretion and initiation of female puberty.

    Henryk F. Urbanski;Sergio R. Ojeda

  • Activation of Luteinizing Hormone-Releasing Hormone Release Advances the Onset of Female Puberty

    Henryk F. Urbanski;Sergio R. Ojeda

  • Distribution of estrogen receptor beta (ERβ) mRNA in hypothalamus, midbrain and temporal lobe of spayed macaque: continued expression with hormone replacement

    Chrisana Gundlah;Steven G Kohama;Stephanie J Mirkes;Vasilios T Garyfallou

  • Morphologic evidence that neurokinin B modulates gonadotropin-releasing hormone secretion via neurokinin 3 receptors in the rat median eminence.

    Sally J. Krajewski;Miranda J. Anderson;Lulu Iles-Shih;Kyung J. Chen

  • Involvement of transforming growth factor alpha in the release of luteinizing hormone-releasing hormone from the developing female hypothalamus.

    S R Ojeda;H F Urbanski;M E Costa;D F Hill

  • A second form of gonadotropin-releasing hormone (GnRH) with characteristics of chicken GnRH-II is present in the primate brain.

    David W. Lescheid;Ei Terasawa;Laurie A. Abler;Henryk F. Urbanski

  • Regional expression of mRNA encoding a second form of gonadotropin-releasing hormone in the macaque brain.

    Henryk F. Urbanski;Richard B. White;Russell D. Fernald;Steven G. Kohama

  • Fasting activates the nonhuman primate hypocretin (orexin) system and its postsynaptic targets.

    Sabrina Diano;Balazs Horvath;Henryk F. Urbanski;Peter Sotonyi

  • The Juvenile-Peripubertal Transition Period in the Female Rat: Establishment of a Diurnal Pattern of Pulsatile Luteinizing Hormone Secretion*

    Henryk F. Urbanski;Sergio R. Ojeda

  • The onset of female puberty: studies in the rat.

    Sergio R. Ojeda;Henryk F. Urbanski;Carol E. Ahmed

  • Neuroendocrine Changes in the Aging Reproductive Axis of Female Rhesus Macaques (Macaca mulatta)

    Jodi L. Downs;Henryk F. Urbanski;Henryk F. Urbanski

  • Twenty-Four-Hour Rhythmic Gene Expression in the Rhesus Macaque Adrenal Gland

    Dario R. Lemos;Jodi L. Downs;Henryk F. Urbanski

  • Immunocytochemical investigation of luteinizing hormone-releasing hormone neurons in Syrian hamsters maintained under long or short days.

    Henryk F. Urbanski;Andrew Doan;Marcy Pierce

  • A Biphasic Developmental Pattern of Circulating Leptin in the Male Rhesus Macaque (Macaca mulatta)

    Henryk F. Urbanski;Henryk F. Urbanski;K.-Y. Francis Pau

  • Orexin neuronal changes in the locus coeruleus of the aging rhesus macaque

    Jodi L. Downs;Michael R. Dunn;Erzsebet Borok;Marya Shanabrough

  • Monoclonal antibodies to luteinizing hormone-releasing hormone: production, characterization, and immunocytochemical application.

    Henryk F. Urbanski

  • Relative effect of gonadotropin-releasing hormone (GnRH)-I and GnRH-II on gonadotropin release.

    Valerie S. Densmore;Henryk F. Urbanski;Henryk F. Urbanski

  • Dehydroepiandrosterone and age-related cognitive decline.

    Krystina G. Sorwell;Henryk F. Urbanski;Henryk F. Urbanski

  • Influence of age and 17beta-estradiol on kisspeptin, neurokinin B, and prodynorphin gene expression in the arcuate-median eminence of female rhesus macaques.

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  • Gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA): a para- and/or autocrine hormone in the pituitary.

    Artur Mayerhofer;Barbara Höhne-Zell;Katia Gamel-Didelon;Heike Jung

  • Simultaneous measurement of gonadotropin-releasing hormone, luteinizing hormone, and follicle-stimulating hormone in the orchidectomized rat.

    Henryk F. Urbanski;Robert L. Pickle;Victor D. Ramirez

  • A role for N-methyl-D-aspartate receptors in the control of seasonal breeding.

    Henryk F. Urbanski

Frequent Co-Authors

Jacob Raber
Jacob Raber Oregon Health & Science University
Christopher D. Kroenke
Christopher D. Kroenke Oregon National Primate Research Center
Russell D. Fernald
Russell D. Fernald Stanford University
Sabrina Diano
Sabrina Diano Columbia University
Adam C. Puche
Adam C. Puche University of Maryland, Baltimore
Jean-Marc Fritschy
Jean-Marc Fritschy University of Zurich
Douglas L. Rosene
Douglas L. Rosene Boston University
Marya Shanabrough
Marya Shanabrough Yale University
Victor D. Ramirez
Victor D. Ramirez University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Huda Akil
Huda Akil University of Michigan–Ann Arbor

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