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Michael A. Cowley

Michael A. Cowley

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Neuroscience

D-Index
65
Citations
27683
World Ranking
3062
National Ranking
82

Best Publications

  • Gut hormone PYY 3-36 physiologically inhibits food intake

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

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

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

  • 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

  • Mechanisms of leptin action and leptin resistance.

    Martin G Myers;Michael A Alexander Cowley;Heike Munzberg

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

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

  • 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

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

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

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

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

  • 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

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

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

  • 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

  • Activation of central melanocortin pathways by fenfluramine

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

  • Serotonin reciprocally regulates melanocortin neurons to modulate food intake.

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

  • 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

  • Hypothalamic POMC neurons promote cannabinoid-induced feeding

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

  • 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

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

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

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

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

  • Leptin resistance and obesity

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

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