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Neuroscience

D-Index
40
Citations
8011
World Ranking
8020
National Ranking
3449

Best Publications

  • Endocrine Regulation of the Fasting Response by PPARα-Mediated Induction of Fibroblast Growth Factor 21

    Takeshi Inagaki;Paul Dutchak;Guixiang Zhao;Xunshan Ding

  • FGF21 regulates metabolism and circadian behavior by acting on the nervous system.

    Angie L Bookout;Marleen H M de Groot;Bryn M Owen;Syann Lee

  • Sixteen years and counting: an update on leptin in energy balance

    Laurent Gautron;Joel K. Elmquist

  • A Cardiac MicroRNA Governs Systemic Energy Homeostasis by Regulation of MED13

    Chad E. Grueter;Eva Van Rooij;Brett A. Johnson;Susan M. Deleon

  • 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

  • Characterization of Kiss1 neurons using transgenic mouse models

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

  • Leptin and brain–adipose crosstalks

    Alexandre Caron;Syann Lee;Joel K. Elmquist;Laurent Gautron

  • Neural Control of Energy Balance: Translating Circuits to Therapies

    Laurent Gautron;Joel K. Elmquist;Kevin W. Williams

  • FGF21 contributes to neuroendocrine control of female reproduction

    Bryn M Owen;Angie L Bookout;Xunshan Ding;Vicky Y Lin

  • Profiling of G protein-coupled receptors in vagal afferents reveals novel gut-to-brain sensing mechanisms

    Kristoffer L. Egerod;Natalia Petersen;Pascal N. Timshel;Jens C. Rekling

  • Postnatal Sim1 Deficiency Causes Hyperphagic Obesity and Reduced Mc4r and Oxytocin Expression

    Kristen P. Tolson;Terry Gemelli;Laurent Gautron;Joel K. Elmquist

  • Central administration of resveratrol improves diet-induced diabetes

    Giorgio Ramadori;Laurent Gautron;Teppei Fujikawa;Claudia R. Vianna

  • Neuronal and nonneuronal cholinergic structures in the mouse gastrointestinal tract and spleen

    Laurent Gautron;Joseph M. Rutkowski;Michael D. Burton;Wei Wei

  • Mycobacterium tuberculosis Sulfolipid-1 Activates Nociceptive Neurons and Induces Cough

    Cody R. Ruhl;Breanna L. Pasko;Haaris S. Khan;Lexy M. Kindt

  • PI3K signaling in the ventromedial hypothalamic nucleus is required for normal energy homeostasis.

    Yong Xu;Jennifer W. Hill;Jennifer W. Hill;Makoto Fukuda;Laurent Gautron

  • Genetic tracing of Nav1.8-expressing vagal afferents in the mouse.

    Laurent Gautron;Ichiro Sakata;Swalpa Udit;Jeffrey M. Zigman

  • Adipocyte iron levels impinge on a fat-gut crosstalk to regulate intestinal lipid absorption and mediate protection from obesity.

    Zhuzhen Zhang;Jan-Bernd Funcke;Zhenzhen Zi;Shangang Zhao

  • Melanocortin‐4 receptor expression in a vago‐vagal circuitry involved in postprandial functions

    Laurent Gautron;Charlotte Lee;Hisayuki Funahashi;Jeffrey Friedman

  • Neuroanatomy of melanocortin‐4 receptor pathway in the lateral hypothalamic area

    Huxing Cui;Jong Woo Sohn;Laurent Gautron;Hisayuki Funahashi

  • Spatiotemporal analysis of signal transducer and activator of transcription 3 activation in rat brain astrocytes and pituitary following peripheral immune challenge.

    Laurent Gautron;P. Lafon;M. Chaigniau;G. Tramu

  • Induction of Leptin Resistance by Activation of cAMP-Epac Signaling

    Makoto Fukuda;Kevin W. Williams;Laurent Gautron;Joel K. Elmquist

Frequent Co-Authors

Sophie Layé
Sophie Layé University of Bordeaux
Jose Donato
Jose Donato Universidade de São Paulo
Bradford B. Lowell
Bradford B. Lowell Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
Michael Lazarus
Michael Lazarus University of Tsukuba
Gérard Tramu
Gérard Tramu University of Bordeaux
Clifford B. Saper
Clifford B. Saper Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center

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