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Research.com Recognitions

  • 1995 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
  • Member of the Association of American Physicians
  • Member of the Association of American Physicians

Overview

Lewis Landsberg is affiliated with Northwestern University in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on the medical field, with specific attention to physiology, cardiology and cardiovascular medicine, and epidemiology.

The scientist's work covers topics such as:

  • Adipose Tissue and Metabolism
  • Cardiovascular Disease and Adiposity
  • Adipokines, Inflammation, and Metabolic Diseases

Lewis Landsberg has contributed to research published in venues including:

  • Adipocyte

One notable paper authored by Landsberg is titled "Activated brown adipose tissue and its relationship to adiposity and metabolic markers: an exploratory study," published in 2020 in Adipocyte. This study has been cited 14 times.

Frequent collaborators in their research include:

  • Malini Soundarrajan
  • Jie Deng
  • Mary Kwasny
  • Nicholas Rubert
  • Paige Nelson

Landsberg has been recognized by the scientific community through awards such as being named a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in 1995 and holding membership in the Association of American Physicians.

Best Publications

  • 1999 WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION-INTERNATIONAL SOCIETY OF HYPERTENSION GUIDELINES FOR THE MANAGEMENT OF HYPERTENSION

    M. Alderman;K. Arakawa;L. Beilin;J. Chalmers

  • Hypertension and Associated Metabolic Abnormalities — The Role of Insulin Resistance and the Sympathoadrenal System

    Gerald M. Reaven;Hans Lithell;Lewis Landsberg

  • Effect of Insulin and Glucose Infusions on Sympathetic Nervous System Activity in Normal Man

    John W Rowe;James B Young;Kenneth L Minaker;Arthur L Stevens

  • Obesity-related hypertension: Pathogenesis, cardiovascular risk, and treatment—A position paper of the The Obesity Society and the American Society of Hypertension†‡

    Lewis Landsberg;Louis J. Aronne;Lawrence J. Beilin;Valerie Burke

  • Fasting, Feeding and Regulation of the Sympathetic Nervous System

    Lewis Landsberg;James B. Young

  • Suppression of sympathetic nervous system during fasting

    James B. Young;Lewis Landsberg

  • Obesity-related hypertension: pathogenesis, cardiovascular risk, and treatment: a position paper of The Obesity Society and the American Society of Hypertension.

    Lewis Landsberg;Louis J. Aronne;Lawrence J. Beilin;Valerie Burke

  • Diet, Obesity and Hypertension: An Hypothesis Involving Insulin, the Sympathetic Nervous System, and Adaptive Thermogenesis

    Lewis Landsberg

  • Insulin resistance and the metabolic syndrome.

    Lewis Landsberg

  • Effect of Diet and Cold Exposure on Norepinephrine Turnover in Brown Adipose Tissue of the Rat

    James B. Young;Elizabeth Saville;Nancy J. Rothwell;Michael J. Stock

  • Stimulation of the sympathetic nervous system during sucrose feeding.

    James B. Young;Lewis Landsberg

  • Insulin-mediated sympathetic stimulation: role in the pathogenesis of obesity-related hypertension (or, how insulin affects blood pressure, and why).

    Lewis Landsberg

  • Relation of obesity and diet to sympathetic nervous system activity.

    Rebecca J. Troisi;Scott T. Weiss;Donna R. Parker;David Sparrow

  • Adrenergic Modulation of Extrarenal Potassium Disposal

    Robert M. Rosa;Patricio Silva;James B. Young;Lewis Landsberg

  • Uric Acid and Coronary Heart Disease Risk: Evidence for a Role of Uric Acid in the Obesity-Insulin Resistance Syndrome The Normative Aging Study

    Jerry Lee;David Sparrow;Pantel S. Vokonas;Pantel S. Vokonas;Lewis Landsberg

  • Role of cardiovascular risk factors in prevention and treatment of macrovascular disease in diabetes

    J. A. Colwell;M. J. Franz;H. Ginsberg;J. T. Gwynne

  • Enhanced plasma norepinephrine response to upright posture and oral glucose administration in elderly human subjects

    James B. Young;John W. Rowe;Johanna A. Pallotta;David Sparrow

  • Sympathoadrenal system and regulation of thermogenesis

    L. Landsberg;M. E. Saville;J. B. Young

  • Dissociation of sympathetic nervous system and adrenal medullary responses

    J. B. Young;R. M. Rosa;L. Landsberg

  • 1999 World Health Organization-International Society of Hypertension Guidelines for the Management of Hypertension endorsed by the Lebanese Hypertension League

    M. Alderman;K. Arakawa;J. Beilin;J. Chalmers

Frequent Co-Authors

Scott T. Weiss
Scott T. Weiss Harvard University
David Sparrow
David Sparrow Boston University
Pantel S. Vokonas
Pantel S. Vokonas Boston University
Julius Axelrod
Julius Axelrod National Institutes of Health
Franklin H. Epstein
Franklin H. Epstein Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
Jeffrey S. Flier
Jeffrey S. Flier Harvard University
Roy Freeman
Roy Freeman Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
Edward S. Horton
Edward S. Horton Harvard Medical School
Carolyn M. Aldwin
Carolyn M. Aldwin Oregon State University
Avron Spiro
Avron Spiro Boston University

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