Jeffrey M. Zigman

Jeffrey M. Zigman publication distribution in Neuroscience in 2026

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Jeffrey M. Zigman 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 Jeffrey M. Zigman sits on this spectrum.

Research.com Recognitions

• Member of the Association of American Physicians

Best Publications

• Expression of ghrelin receptor mRNA in the rat and the mouse brain.

  Jeffrey M. Zigman;Juli E. Jones;Charlotte E. Lee;Clifford B. Saper

  1217
  Citations

• Leptin Directly Activates SF1 Neurons in the VMH, and This Action by Leptin Is Required for Normal Body-Weight Homeostasis

  Harveen Dhillon;Jeffrey M. Zigman;Chianping Ye;Charlotte E. Lee

  883
  Citations

• Ghrelin

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  802
  Citations

• The orexigenic hormone ghrelin defends against depressive symptoms of chronic stress

  Michael Lutter;Ichiro Sakata;Sherri Osborne-Lawrence;Sherry A. Rovinsky

  767
  Citations

• Mice lacking ghrelin receptors resist the development of diet-induced obesity

  Jeffrey M. Zigman;Yoshihide Nakano;Roberto Coppari;Nina Balthasar

  758
  Citations

• Serotonin reciprocally regulates melanocortin neurons to modulate food intake.

  Lora K Heisler;Erin E Jobst;Erin E Jobst;Gregory M Sutton;Ligang Zhou

  506
  Citations

• Minireview: From anorexia to obesity--the yin and yang of body weight control.

  Jeffrey M. Zigman;Joel K. Elmquist

  491
  Citations

• Synaptic glutamate release by ventromedial hypothalamic neurons is part of the neurocircuitry that prevents hypoglycemia.

  Qingchun Tong;ChianPing Ye;Rory J. McCrimmon;Harveen Dhillon

  448
  Citations

• Ghrelin increases the rewarding value of high-fat diet in an orexin-dependent manner.

  Mario Perello;Ichiro Sakata;Shari G Birnbaum;Jen Chieh Chuang

  443
  Citations

• Direct Insulin and Leptin Action on Pro-opiomelanocortin Neurons Is Required for Normal Glucose Homeostasis and Fertility

  Jennifer W. Hill;Carol F. Elias;Makoto Fukuda;Kevin W. Williams

  443
  Citations

• Ghrelin mediates stress-induced food-reward behavior in mice

  Jen Chieh Chuang;Mario Perello;Ichiro Sakata;Sherri Osborne-Lawrence

  392
  Citations

• Leptin's effect on puberty in mice is relayed by the ventral premammillary nucleus and does not require signaling in Kiss1 neurons.

  José Donato Jr.;José Donato Jr.;Roberta Mascioli Cravo;Renata Frazão;Laurent Gautron

  381
  Citations

• 5-HT2CRs expressed by pro-opiomelanocortin neurons regulate energy homeostasis.

  Yong Xu;Juli E. Jones;Daisuke Kohno;Kevin W. Williams

  380
  Citations

• Characterization of Kiss1 neurons using transgenic mouse models

  Roberta M. Cravo;Lisandra O. Margatho;Lisandra O. Margatho;Sherri Osborne-Lawrence;José Donato

  368
  Citations

• A major lineage of enteroendocrine cells coexpress CCK, secretin, GIP, GLP-1, PYY, and neurotensin but not somatostatin

  Kristoffer L. Egerod;Maja S. Engelstoft;Kaare V. Grunddal;Mark K. Nøhr

  356
  Citations

• Seven transmembrane G protein-coupled receptor repertoire of gastric ghrelin cells

  Maja S Engelstoft;Won-Mee Park;Ichiro Sakata;Line V Kristensen

  346
  Citations

• Ghrelin Promotes and Protects Nigrostriatal Dopamine Function via a UCP2-Dependent Mitochondrial Mechanism

  Zane Bruce Andrews;Derek Erion;Rudolph Beiler;Zhong-Wu Liu

  329
  Citations

• Estradiol-Dependent Decrease in the Orexigenic Potency of Ghrelin in Female Rats

  Deborah J. Clegg;Lynda M. Brown;Jeffrey M. Zigman;Christopher J. Kemp

  309
  Citations

• Arcuate AgRP neurons mediate orexigenic and glucoregulatory actions of ghrelin

  Qian Wang;Chen Liu;Aki Uchida;Jen Chieh Chuang

  273
  Citations

• High-fat feeding promotes obesity via insulin receptor/PI3K-dependent inhibition of SF-1 VMH neurons

  Tim Klöckener;Simon Hess;Bengt F. Belgardt;Lars Paeger

  253
  Citations