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Peter Kloppenburg

Peter Kloppenburg

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Neuroscience

D-Index
47
Citations
6603
World Ranking
6531
National Ranking
547

Overview

Peter Kloppenburg is affiliated with the University of Cologne in Germany. Their research primarily spans the fields of neuroscience and biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology, with a significant focus on cellular and molecular neuroscience, endocrine and autonomic systems, molecular biology, cognitive neuroscience, and physiology.

The scientist's work addresses various topics within neuroscience, including regulation of appetite and obesity, biochemical analysis and sensing techniques, adipose tissue and metabolism, sleep and wakefulness research, neuroscience and neuropharmacology research, ion channel regulation and function, and receptor mechanisms and signaling.

Peter Kloppenburg has authored several recent papers, including:

  • "Reciprocal activity of AgRP and POMC neurons governs coordinated control of feeding and metabolism," 2024, published in Nature Metabolism
  • "Functionally distinct POMC-expressing neuron subpopulations in hypothalamus revealed by intersectional targeting," 2021, published in Nature Neuroscience
  • "GLP-1 Receptor Signaling in Astrocytes Regulates Fatty Acid Oxidation, Mitochondrial Integrity, and Function," 2020, published in Cell Metabolism
  • "PNOCARC Neurons Promote Hyperphagia and Obesity upon High-Fat-Diet Feeding," 2020, published in Neuron
  • "Maternal high-fat diet during lactation reprograms the dopaminergic circuitry in mice," 2020, published in Journal of Clinical Investigation

Frequent coauthors in their publications include:

  • Simon Heß
  • Jens C. Brüning
  • Christophe Pouzat
  • Heiko Backes
  • Fynn Eggersmann

Peter Kloppenburg often publishes in venues such as:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • eLife
  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • Nature Metabolism
  • Nature Communications

Best Publications

  • The fat mass and obesity associated gene (Fto) regulates activity of the dopaminergic midbrain circuitry

    Martin E Hess;Simon Hess;Kate D Meyer;Linda A W Verhagen

  • Neonatal Insulin Action Impairs Hypothalamic Neurocircuit Formation in Response to Maternal High-Fat Feeding

    Merly C. Vogt;Lars Paeger;Simon Hess;Sophie M. Steculorum

  • AgRP neurons control systemic insulin sensitivity via myostatin expression in brown adipose tissue

    Sophie M. Steculorum;Sophie M. Steculorum;Johan Ruud;Johan Ruud;Ismene Karakasilioti;Ismene Karakasilioti;Heiko Backes;Heiko Backes

  • High-fat feeding promotes obesity via insulin receptor/PI3K-dependent inhibition of SF-1 VMH neurons

    Tim Klöckener;Simon Hess;Bengt F. Belgardt;Lars Paeger

  • Neurocalcin Delta Suppression Protects against Spinal Muscular Atrophy in Humans and across Species by Restoring Impaired Endocytosis

    Markus Riessland;Anna Kaczmarek;Svenja Schneider;Kathryn J. Swoboda

  • Enhanced Stat3 activation in POMC neurons provokes negative feedback inhibition of leptin and insulin signaling in obesity.

    M. B. Ernst;C. M. Wunderlich;S. Hess;M. Paehler

  • Role for Insulin Signaling in Catecholaminergic Neurons in Control of Energy Homeostasis

    A. Christine Könner;Simon Hess;Sulay Tovar;Andrea Mesaros

  • Serotonin enhances central olfactory neuron responses to female sex pheromone in the male sphinx moth manduca sexta.

    Peter Kloppenburg;Donald Ferns;Alison R. Mercer;Alison R. Mercer

  • PDK1 Deficiency in POMC-Expressing Cells Reveals FOXO1-Dependent and -Independent Pathways in Control of Energy Homeostasis and Stress Response

    Bengt F. Belgardt;Andreas Husch;Eva Rother;Marianne B. Ernst

  • Dopamine Modulates Two Potassium Currents and Inhibits the Intrinsic Firing Properties of an Identified Motor Neuron in a Central Pattern Generator Network

    Peter Kloppenburg;Robert M. Levini;Ronald M. Harris-Warrick

  • Functionally distinct POMC-expressing neuron subpopulations in hypothalamus revealed by intersectional targeting

    Nasim Biglari;Nasim Biglari;Isabella Gaziano;Isabella Gaziano;Jonas Schumacher;Jonas Schumacher;Jan Radermacher

  • GLP-1 Receptor Signaling in Astrocytes Regulates Fatty Acid Oxidation, Mitochondrial Integrity, and Function.

    Katharina Timper;Katharina Timper;Almudena Del Rio-Martin;Almudena Del Rio-Martin;Anna Lena Cremer;Stephan Bremser

  • Distributed Effects of Dopamine Modulation in the Crustacean Pyloric Networka

    Ronald M. Harris‐Warrick;Bruce R. Johnson;Jack H. Peck;Peter Kloppenburg

  • Structural Long-Term Changes at Mushroom Body Input Synapses

    Malte C. Kremer;Frauke Christiansen;Florian Leiss;Moritz Paehler

  • NEUROMODULATION BY 5-HYDROXYTRYPTAMINE IN THE ANTENNAL LOBE OF THE SPHINX MOTH MANDUCA SEXTA

    Peter Kloppenburg;John G. Hildebrand

  • PNOCARC neurons promote hyperphagia and obesity upon high-fat-diet feeding

    Alexander Jais;Alexander Jais;Lars Paeger;Tamara Sotelo-Hitschfeld;Tamara Sotelo-Hitschfeld;Stephan Bremser

  • AFG3L2 supports mitochondrial protein synthesis and Purkinje cell survival

    Eva R. Almajan;Ricarda Richter;Lars Paeger;Paola Martinelli

  • Distinct Roles for JNK and IKK Activation in Agouti-Related Peptide Neurons in the Development of Obesity and Insulin Resistance

    Eva Tsaousidou;Lars Paeger;Bengt F. Belgardt;Martin Pal

  • Highly Localized Ca2+ Accumulation Revealed by Multiphoton Microscopy in an Identified Motoneuron and Its Modulation by Dopamine

    Peter Kloppenburg;Warren R. Zipfel;Watt W. Webb;Ronald M. Harris-Warrick

  • Dopamine Modulation of Calcium Currents in Pyloric Neurons of the Lobster Stomatogastric Ganglion

    Bruce R. Johnson;Peter Kloppenburg;Ronald M. Harris-Warrick

  • Serotonin-induced changes in the excitability of cultured antennal-lobe neurons of the sphinx moth Manduca sexta

    A. R. Mercer;P. Kloppenburg;J. G. Hildebrand

Frequent Co-Authors

Ronald M. Harris-Warrick
Ronald M. Harris-Warrick Cornell University
Alison R. Mercer
Alison R. Mercer University of Otago
Birgit Liss
Birgit Liss University of Ulm
Bradford B. Lowell
Bradford B. Lowell Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
Ansgar Büschges
Ansgar Büschges University of Cologne
Hanns Ulrich Zeilhofer
Hanns Ulrich Zeilhofer University of Zurich
John G. Hildebrand
John G. Hildebrand University of Arizona
Toni Schneider
Toni Schneider University of Cologne
Janine Altmüller
Janine Altmüller University of Cologne
Christian Gilissen
Christian Gilissen Radboud University

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