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88
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Research.com Recognitions

  • Member of the Association of American Physicians
  • Member of the Association of American Physicians

Overview

Lawrence Lumeng was affiliated with Indiana University - Purdue University Indianapolis in the United States. Their research primarily contributed to the field of medicine, with a focus on epidemiology, pathology and forensic medicine, and endocrinology, diabetes and metabolism.

The scientist's work covered key topics including:

  • Liver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment
  • Alcohol Consumption and Health Effects
  • Diet, Metabolism, and Disease

Lumeng published research in notable venues such as Hepatology and The American Journal of Gastroenterology. Among their recent papers were:

  • Genome-wide Association Study and Meta-analysis on Alcohol-Associated Liver Cirrhosis Identifies Genetic Risk Factors, 2020, Hepatology
  • Obesity, Diabetes, Coffee, Tea, and Cannabis Use Alter Risk for Alcohol-Related Cirrhosis in 2 Large Cohorts of High-Risk Drinkers, 2020, The American Journal of Gastroenterology

Frequent collaborators in their research included Steven Masson, Suthat Liangpunsakul, Sebastian Mueller, Guruprasad P. Aithal, and Florian Eyer.

Lawrence Lumeng was recognized as a member of the Association of American Physicians.

Best Publications

  • Alcohol stimulates the release of dopamine and serotonin in the nucleus accumbens.

    K. Yoshimoto;W.J. McBride;L. Lumeng;T.-K. Li

  • Selective breeding for alcohol preference and associated responses.

    Ting-Kai Li;Lawrence Lumeng;Donald P. Doolittle

  • Serotonin, dopamine and GABA involvement in alcohol drinking of selectively bred rats

    W.J. McBride;J.M. Murphy;L. Lumeng;T.-K. Li

  • Naloxone attenuates voluntary ethanol intake in rats selectively bred for high ethanol preference

    J.C. Froehlich;J.C. Froehlich;J. Harts;J. Harts;L. Lumeng;L. Lumeng;T.-K. Li;T.-K. Li

  • Contents of monoamines in forebrain regions of alcohol-preferring (P) and -nonpreferring (NP) lines of rats.

    J.M. Murphy;W.J. McBride;L. Lumeng;T.-K. Li

  • Biliary tract complications after orthotopic liver transplantation with choledochocholedochostomy anastomosis: endoscopic findings and results of therapy.

    Rungsun Rerknimitr;Stuart Sherman;Evan L. Fogel;Cem Kalayci

  • Ethanol Self-Infusion Into the Ventral Tegmental Area by Alcohol-Preferring Rats

    G.J. Gatto;W.J. McBride;J.M. Murphy;J.M. Murphy;L. Lumeng;L. Lumeng

  • Regional brain levels of monoamines in alcohol-preferring and -nonpreferring lines of rats

    J.M. Murphy;J.M. Murphy;W.J. McBride;W.J. McBride;L. Lumeng;L. Lumeng;T.-K. Li;T.-K. Li

  • Comparison of alcohol-preferring (P) and nonpreferring (NP) rats on tests of anxiety and for the anxiolytic effects of ethanol

    R.B. Stewart;G.J. Gatto;L. Lumeng;T.-K. Li

  • The alcohol-preferring P rat and animal models of excessive alcohol drinking

    Richard L. Bell;Zachary A. Rodd;Lawrence Lumeng;James M. Murphy

  • Phenotypic and genotypic characterization of the Indiana University rat lines selectively bred for high and low alcohol preference.

    James M. Murphy;Robert B. Stewart;Richard L. Bell;Nancy E. Badia-Elder

  • Vitamin B6 Metabolism in Chronic Alcohol Abuse: PYRIDOXAL PHOSPHATE LEVELS IN PLASMA AND THE EFFECTS OF ACETALDEHYDE ON PYRIDOXAL PHOSPHATE SYNTHESIS AND DEGRADATION IN HUMAN ERYTHROCYTES

    Lawrence Lumeng;Ting-Kai Li

  • NEW STRAINS OF RATS WITH ALCOHOL PREFERENCE AND NONPREFERENCE

    L. Lumeng;T.D. Hawkins;T.-K. Li

  • Importance of delta opioid receptors in maintaining high alcohol drinking.

    J. C. Froehlich;M. Zweifel;J. Harts;L. Lumeng;L. Lumeng

  • Effect of low dose ethanol on spontaneous motor activity in alcohol-preferring and -nonpreferring lines of rats

    M.B. Waller;J.M. Murphy;W.J. McBride;L. Lumeng

  • Induction of dependence on ethanol by free-choice drinking in alcohol-preferring rats.

    M.B. Waller;W.J. McBride;L. Lumeng;T.-K. Li

  • Fulminant hepatic failure as the initial presentation of acute autoimmune hepatitis.

    William R Kessler;Oscar W Cummings;George Eckert;Naga Chalasani

  • Intragastric Self-Infusion of Ethanol by Ethanol-Preferring and -Nonpreferring Lines of Rats

    Marshall B. Waller;William J. McBride;Gregory J. Gatto;Lawrence Lumeng

  • Regional brain contents of serotonin, dopamine and their metabolites in the selectively bred high- and low-alcohol drinking lines of rats.

    M.A. Gongwer;J.M. Murphy;W.J. McBride;L. Lumeng

  • Effects of scheduled access on ethanol intake by the alcohol-preferring (P) line of rats.

    J.M. Murphy;G.J. Gatto;M.B. Waller;W.J. McBride

Frequent Co-Authors

Ting-Kai Li
Ting-Kai Li Duke University
James M. Murphy
James M. Murphy Indiana University
William J. McBride
William J. McBride Indiana University
Tatiana Foroud
Tatiana Foroud Indiana University
David W. Crabb
David W. Crabb Indiana University
Timothy R. Morgan
Timothy R. Morgan California State University, Long Beach
Naga Chalasani
Naga Chalasani Indiana University
Michael Soyka
Michael Soyka Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
Ann K. Daly
Ann K. Daly Newcastle University
Heather J. Cordell
Heather J. Cordell Newcastle University

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