Michael A. Cowley

Best Publications

• Gut hormone PYY 3-36 physiologically inhibits food intake

  Rachel L. Batterham;Michael A. Cowley;Caroline J. Small;Herbert Herzog

  2967
  Citations

• Leptin activates anorexigenic POMC neurons through a neural network in the arcuate nucleus

  Michael A. Cowley;James L. Smart;Marcelo Rubinstein;Marcelo G. Cerdán

  2796
  Citations

• The Distribution and Mechanism of Action of Ghrelin in the CNS Demonstrates a Novel Hypothalamic Circuit Regulating Energy Homeostasis

  Michael A Cowley;Roy G Smith;Sabrina Diano;Matthias Tschöp

  2100
  Citations

• Mechanisms of leptin action and leptin resistance.

  Martin G Myers;Michael A Alexander Cowley;Heike Munzberg

  1340
  Citations

• The arcuate nucleus mediates GLP-1 receptor agonist liraglutide-dependent weight loss

  Anna Secher;Jacob Jelsing;Arian F. Baquero;Jacob Hecksher-Sørensen

  950
  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

• Glucose sensing by POMC neurons regulates glucose homeostasis and is impaired in obesity

  Laure E Parton;Chianping Ye;Roberto Coppari;Roberto Coppari;Pablo Enriori

  806
  Citations

• Ghrelin

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  802
  Citations

• Insulin Action in AgRP-Expressing Neurons Is Required for Suppression of Hepatic Glucose Production

  A Christine Konner;Ruth Janoschek;Leona Plum;Sabine Jordan

  784
  Citations

• Integration of NPY, AGRP, and Melanocortin Signals in the Hypothalamic Paraventricular Nucleus: Evidence of a Cellular Basis for the Adipostat

  Michael A. Cowley;Nina Pronchuk;Wei Fan;Daniela M. Dinulescu

  765
  Citations

• The arcuate nucleus as a conduit for diverse signals relevant to energy homeostasis

  R D Cone;Michael Alexander Cowley;A A Butler;W Fan

  761
  Citations

• Diet-Induced Obesity Causes Severe but Reversible Leptin Resistance in Arcuate Melanocortin Neurons

  Pablo Enriori;Anne E Evans;P Sinnayah;Erin E Jobst;Erin E Jobst

  675
  Citations

• Activation of central melanocortin pathways by fenfluramine

  Lora K. Heisler;Michael A. Cowley;Laurence H. Tecott;Wei Fan

  581
  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

• Synaptic input organization of the melanocortin system predicts diet-induced hypothalamic reactive gliosis and obesity

  Tamas L. Horvath;Beatrix Sarman;Cristina García-Cáceres;Pablo J. Enriori

  478
  Citations

• Hypothalamic POMC neurons promote cannabinoid-induced feeding

  Marco Koch;Luis Varela;Jae Geun Kim;Jung Dae Kim

  461
  Citations

• Leptin and Insulin Act on POMC Neurons to Promote the Browning of White Fat

  Garron T Dodd;Stephanie Sylvie Decherf;Kim Y Loh;Stephanie E Simonds

  430
  Citations

• Rational Design of a Combination Medication for the Treatment of Obesity

  Frank L. Greenway;M.J. Whitehouse;Maria Guttadauria;James W. Anderson

  414
  Citations

• Acute effects of leptin require PI3K signaling in hypothalamic proopiomelanocortin neurons in mice

  Jennifer W Hill;Kevin W Williams;Chianping Ye;Ji Luo

  396
  Citations

• Leptin resistance and obesity

  Pablo J. Enriori;Anne E. Evans;Puspha Sinnayah;Michael A. Cowley

  387
  Citations