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Paul E. Sawchenko is affiliated with the Salk Institute for Biological Studies in the United States. Their research spans several fields including neuroscience, psychology, and medicine, focusing particularly on subfields such as endocrine and autonomic systems, social psychology, and reproductive medicine.

The scientist's recent scholarly output includes a paper titled "The Rat Mammary Gland as a Novel Site of Expression of Melanin-Concentrating Hormone Receptor 1 mRNA and Its Protein Immunoreactivity," published in 2020 in the journal Frontiers in Endocrinology.

  • The Rat Mammary Gland as a Novel Site of Expression of Melanin-Concentrating Hormone Receptor 1 mRNA and Its Protein Immunoreactivity, 2020, Frontiers in Endocrinology

Their work covers several main topics, including regulation of appetite and obesity, neuroendocrine regulation and behavior, and hypothalamic control of reproductive hormones.

  • Regulation of Appetite and Obesity
  • Neuroendocrine regulation and behavior
  • Hypothalamic control of reproductive hormones

Among frequently published venues, Frontiers in Endocrinology is a noted outlet for their research contributions.

  • Frontiers in Endocrinology

Paul E. Sawchenko has collaborated with a number of coauthors, including:

  • Daniella S. Battagello
  • Aline R. Lorenzon
  • Giovanne B. Diniz
  • Lívia Clemente Motta-Teixeira
  • Marianne Klein

Best Publications

  • Production of a novel neuropeptide encoded by the calcitonin gene via tissue-specific RNA processing

    Michael G. Rosenfeld;Jean-Jacques Mermod;Susan G. Amara;Larry W. Swanson

  • Organization of Ovine Corticotropin-Releasing Factor Immunoreactive Cells and Fibers in the Rat Brain: An Immunohistochemical Study

    L.W. Swanson;P.E. Sawchenko;J. Rivier;W.W. Vale

  • Hypothalamic Integration: Organization of the Paraventricular and Supraoptic Nuclei

    L W Swanson;P E Sawchenko

  • Molecular basis of the little mouse phenotype and Implications for cell type-specific growth

    Sheng-Cai Lin;Chijen R. Lin;Ilya Gukovsky;Aldons J. Lusis

  • Urocortin, a mammalian neuropeptide related to fish urotensin I and to corticotropin-releasing factor

    Joan Vaughan;Cynthia Donaldson;Jackson Bittencourt;Marilyn H. Perrin

  • The organization of noradrenergic pathways from the brainstem to the paraventricular and supraoptic nuclei in the rat

    P.E. Sawchenko;L.W. Swanson

  • Immunohistochemical identification of neurons in the paraventricular nucleus of the hypothalamus that project to the medulla or to the spinal cord in the rat

    P. E. Sawchenko;L. W. Swanson

  • The melanin-concentrating hormone system of the rat brain: an immuno- and hybridization histochemical characterization.

    Jackson Cioni Bittencourt;F Presse;C Arias;C Peto

  • Distribution of mRNAs encoding CRF receptors in brain and pituitary of rat and mouse

    Kasia Van Pett;Victor Viau;Jackson C. Bittencourt;Raymond K.W. Chan

  • Paraventricular Nucleus:A Site for the Integration of Neuroendocrine and Autonomic Mechanisms

    L W Swanson;P E Sawchenko

  • Functional Amyloids as Natural Storage of Peptide Hormones in Pituitary Secretory Granules

    Samir K. Maji;Marilyn H. Perrin;Michael R. Sawaya;Sebastian Jessberger

  • Identification of urocortin III, an additional member of the corticotropin-releasing factor (CRF) family with high affinity for the CRF2 receptor

    K. Lewis;C. Li;M. H. Perrin;A. Blount

  • Mice deficient for corticotropin-releasing hormone receptor-2 display anxiety-like behaviour and are hypersensitive to stress.

    Tracy L. Bale;Angelo Contarino;George W. Smith;Raymond Chan

  • Corticotropin releasing factor receptor 1-deficient mice display decreased anxiety, impaired stress response, and aberrant neuroendocrine development.

    George W. Smith;Jean Michel Aubry;Francoise Dellu;Angelo Contarino

  • Urocortin II: a member of the corticotropin-releasing factor (CRF) neuropeptide family that is selectively bound by type 2 CRF receptors.

    T. M. Reyes;K. Lewis;M. H. Perrin;K. S. Kunitake

  • Anatomical specificity of noradrenergic inputs to the paraventricular and supraoptic nuclei of the rat hypothalamus

    E. T. Cunningham;P. E. Sawchenko

  • Central noradrenergic pathways for the integration of hypothalamic neuroendocrine and autonomic responses

    PE Sawchenko;LW Swanson

  • A functional anatomical analysis of central pathways subserving the effects of interleukin-1 on stress-related neuroendocrine neurons.

    Anders Ericsson;Krisztina J. Kovács;Paul E. Sawchenko

  • The organization of forebrain afferents to the paraventricular and supraoptic nuclei of the rat.

    P. E. Sawchenko;L. W. Swanson

  • Colocalization of neuropeptide Y immunoreactivity in brainstem catecholaminergic neurons that project to the paraventricular nucleus of the hypothalamus.

    P. E. Sawchenko;L. W. Swanson;R. Grzanna;P. R. C. Howe

Frequent Co-Authors

Wylie Vale
Wylie Vale Salk Institute for Biological Studies
Larry W. Swanson
Larry W. Swanson University of Southern California
Jean Rivier
Jean Rivier Salk Institute for Biological Studies
Jackson C. Bittencourt
Jackson C. Bittencourt Universidade de São Paulo
Robert A. Rissman
Robert A. Rissman University of California, San Diego
David Crews
David Crews The University of Texas at Austin
Deborah M. Power
Deborah M. Power University of Algarve
Andrea C. Gore
Andrea C. Gore The University of Texas at Austin
Patrick R. Hof
Patrick R. Hof Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
Randy J. Nelson
Randy J. Nelson West Virginia University

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