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Istvan Merchenthaler is affiliated with the University of Maryland, Baltimore in the United States. Their research spans multiple intersecting fields, primarily focusing on medicine, biochemistry, genetics and molecular biology, and neuroscience.

Their work covers several main topics, including:

  • Estrogen and related hormone effects
  • Hypothalamic control of reproductive hormones
  • Regulation of appetite and obesity
  • Reproductive biology and fertility
  • Hormonal and reproductive studies
  • Neuropeptides and animal physiology
  • Infrared thermography in medicine

Istvan Merchenthaler's research also delves into specialized subfields such as genetics, reproductive medicine, endocrinology, diabetes and metabolism, endocrine and autonomic systems, and molecular biology.

They have contributed to several reputable publication venues, with frequent appearances in:

  • The Journal of Supercomputing
  • Molecular Human Reproduction
  • Brain Structure and Function
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Pharmaceuticals

Some of their recent published papers include:

  • Maternal age and gonadotrophin elevation cooperatively decrease viable ovulated oocytes and increase ootoxicity, chromosome-, and spindle-misalignments: '2-Hit' and 'FSH-OoToxicity' mechanisms as new reproductive aging hypotheses, 2023, Molecular Human Reproduction
  • Brain-Selective Estrogen Therapy Prevents Androgen Deprivation-Associated Hot Flushes in a Rat Model, 2020, Pharmaceuticals
  • Thyrotropin-releasing hormone axonal varicosities appear to innervate dopaminergic neurons in the human hypothalamus, 2020, Brain Structure and Function
  • Optimizing U-Net CNN performance: a comparative study of noise filtering techniques for enhanced thermal image analysis, 2024, The Journal of Supercomputing
  • Letrozole delays acquisition of water maze task in female BALB/c mice: Possible involvement of anxiety, 2024, Hormones and Behavior

Throughout their career, Istvan Merchenthaler has collaborated frequently with several coauthors, including:

  • Malcolm V. Lane
  • Bertalan Dudás
  • László Prókai
  • Lori R. Bernstein
  • Amelia C. L. Mackenzie

Best Publications

  • Comparative distribution of estrogen receptor-alpha and -beta mRNA in the rat central nervous system.

    Paul J. Shughrue;Malcolm V. Lane;Istvan Merchenthaler

  • Distribution of Pre-Pro-Glucagon and Glucagon-Like peptide-1 Receptor Messenger RNAs in the Rat Central Nervous System

    Istvan Merchenthaler;Malcolm Lane;Paul Shughrue

  • Distribution of estrogen receptor β immunoreactivity in the rat central nervous system

    Paul J. Shughrue;Istvan Merchenthaler

  • Estrogen receptor α, not β, is a critical link in estradiol-mediated protection against brain injury

    Dena B. Dubal;Hong Zhu;Jin Yu;Shane W. Rau

  • Estradiol Modulates bcl-2 in Cerebral Ischemia: A Potential Role for Estrogen Receptors

    Dena B. Dubal;Paul J. Shughrue;Melinda E. Wilson;Istvan Merchenthaler

  • The estrogen receptor beta subtype: a novel mediator of estrogen action in neuroendocrine systems.

    George G J M Kuiper;Paul J. Shughrue;Istvan Merchenthaler;Jan Åke Gustafsson

  • Immunocytochemical localization of corticotropin‐releasing factor (CRF) in the rat brain

    I. Merchenthaler;S. Vigh;S. Vigh;P. Petrusz;Andrew V Schally;Andrew V Schally

  • Tissue and cellular distribution of the extended family of protein kinase C isoenzymes

    WC Wetsel;WA Khan;I Merchenthaler;H Rivera

  • Distribution of estrogen receptor α and β in the mouse central nervous system: In vivo autoradiographic and immunocytochemical analyses

    Istvan Merchenthaler;Malcolm V. Lane;Suzanne Numan;Tammy L. Dellovade

  • Anatomy and physiology of central galanin-containing pathways

    István Merchenthaler;Francisco J. López;Andrés Negro-Vilar

  • The distribution of estrogen receptor-β mRNA in the rat hypothalamus

    Paul J. Shughrue;Barry Komm;István Merchenthaler

  • Comparative distribution of estrogen receptor-α (ER-α) and β (ER-β) mRNA in the rat pituitary, gonad, and reproductive tract

    Paul J. Shughrue;Malcolm V. Lane;Paul J. Scrimo;Istvan Merchenthaler

  • Detection of Estrogen Receptor-β Messenger Ribonucleic Acid and 125I-Estrogen Binding Sites in Luteinizing Hormone-Releasing Hormone Neurons of the Rat Brain

    Erik Hrabovszky;Paul J. Shughrue;István Merchenthaler;Tibor Hajszán

  • Evidence of the Colocalization of Estrogen Receptor-β mRNA and Estrogen Receptor-α Immunoreactivity in Neurons of the Rat Forebrain

    Paul J. Shughrue;Paul J. Scrimo;Istvan Merchenthaler

  • Intrinsic pulsatile secretory activity of immortalized luteinizing hormone-releasing hormone-secreting neurons.

    William C. Wetsel;Marcelo M. Valenca;Istvan Merchenthaler;Zsolt Liposits

  • Corticotropin releasing factor (CRF)-like immunoreactivity in the rat central nervous system. Extrahypothalamic distribution

    I. Merchenthaler

  • Estrogen is more than just a "sex hormone": novel sites for estrogen action in the hippocampus and cerebral cortex.

    Paul J. Shughrue;Istvan Merchenthaler

  • Estrogen receptor-β immunoreactivity in luteinizing hormone-releasing hormone neurons of the rat brain

    Erik Hrabovszky;Annamária Steinhauser;Klaudia Barabás;Paul J. Shughrue

  • THE DISTRIBUTION OF ESTROGEN RECEPTOR-BETA MRNA IN FOREBRAIN REGIONS OF THE ESTROGEN RECEPTOR-ALPHA KNOCKOUT MOUSE

    Paul Shughrue;Paul Scrimo;Malcolm Lane;Roger Askew

  • Gonadotropin-releasing hormone (GnRH) neurons and pathways in the rat brain

    I Merchenthaler;T Görcs;G Sétáló;P Petrusz

  • Estrogen binding and estrogen receptor characterization (ERα and ERβ) in the cholinergic neurons of the rat basal forebrain

    P.J. Shughrue;P.J. Scrimo;I. Merchenthaler

Frequent Co-Authors

Zsolt Liposits
Zsolt Liposits Institute of Experimental Medicine
William C. Wetsel
William C. Wetsel Duke University
Erik Hrabovszky
Erik Hrabovszky Hungarian Academy of Sciences
Gloria E. Hoffman
Gloria E. Hoffman Morgan State University
Adam C. Puche
Adam C. Puche University of Maryland, Baltimore
Tamas Kozicz
Tamas Kozicz Mayo Clinic
Clive W. Coen
Clive W. Coen King's College London
Ignacio Torres-Aleman
Ignacio Torres-Aleman Achucarro Basque Center for Neuroscience
Alicja L. Markowska
Alicja L. Markowska National Institute on Aging
Henryk F. Urbanski
Henryk F. Urbanski Oregon National Primate Research Center

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