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Susanne E. la Fleur

Susanne E. la Fleur

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Neuroscience

D-Index
58
Citations
15110
World Ranking
4123
National Ranking
129

Overview

Susanne E. la Fleur is affiliated with the University of Amsterdam in the Netherlands, with research primarily situated within the fields of Neuroscience and Medicine. Their scholarly work includes 48 publications in Neuroscience and 29 in Medicine, reflecting a focus on topics related to the regulation of appetite, obesity, and metabolic processes.

The scientist's research spans several subfields, with notable emphasis on Endocrine and Autonomic Systems, Physiology, and Nutrition and Dietetics. Other areas of study include Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience and Cognitive Neuroscience, indicating a broad interest in the biological mechanisms underlying behavior and metabolism.

Main topics addressed in their publications comprise:

  • Regulation of Appetite and Obesity
  • Biochemical Analysis and Sensing Techniques
  • Sleep and Wakefulness Research
  • Diet and Metabolism Studies
  • Neurotransmitter Receptor Influence on Behavior
  • Adipose Tissue and Metabolism
  • Dietary Effects on Health

Susanne E. la Fleur frequently collaborates with several co-authors, including Leslie Eggels, Andries Kalsbeek, Mireille J. Serlie, Laura L. Koekkoek, and Unga A. Unmehopa, each contributing to a number of joint publications.

Common publication venues for their work include:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • International Journal of Molecular Sciences
  • Metabolism
  • Nutritional Neuroscience
  • Physiology & Behavior

Selected recent papers illustrate the scientist's focus on metabolic syndrome, obesity, and related neurological impacts:

  • Infusion of donor feces affects the gut-brain axis in humans with metabolic syndrome, 2020, Molecular Metabolism
  • The Role of the Gut Microbiota in the Gut-Brain Axis in Obesity: Mechanisms and Future Implications, 2021, International Journal of Molecular Sciences
  • Brain responses to nutrients are severely impaired and not reversed by weight loss in humans with obesity: a randomized crossover study, 2023, Nature Metabolism
  • How exposure to chronic stress contributes to the development of type 2 diabetes: A complexity science approach, 2021, Frontiers in Neuroendocrinology
  • The impact of antidiabetic treatment on human hypothalamic infundibular neurons and microglia, 2020, JCI Insight

Best Publications

  • Chronic stress and obesity: A new view of “comfort food”

    Mary F. Dallman;Norman Pecoraro;Susan F. Akana;Susanne E. la Fleur

  • Chronic stress and comfort foods: self-medication and abdominal obesity

    Mary F. Dallman;Norman C. Pecoraro;Susanne E. la Fleur

  • Circadian clocks and insulin resistance

    Dirk Jan Stenvers;Frank A J L Scheer;Frank A J L Scheer;Patrick Schrauwen;Susanne E la Fleur;Susanne E la Fleur

  • SCN outputs and the hypothalamic balance of life.

    A. Kalsbeek;I. F. Palm;S. E. La Fleur;F. A. J. L. Scheer

  • Minireview: glucocorticoids--food intake, abdominal obesity, and wealthy nations in 2004.

    Mary F. Dallman;Susanne E. la Fleur;Norman C. Pecoraro;Francisca Gomez

  • The suprachiasmatic nucleus balances sympathetic and parasympathetic output to peripheral organs through separate preautonomic neurons.

    Ruud M. Buijs;Susanne E. la Fleur;Joke Wortel;Caroline van Heyningen

  • A daily rhythm in glucose tolerance: a role for the suprachiasmatic nucleus.

    S E la Fleur;A Kalsbeek;J Wortel;M L Fekkes

  • Circadian control of glucose metabolism.

    Andries Kalsbeek;Andries Kalsbeek;Susanne la Fleur;Eric Fliers

  • The Suprachiasmatic Nucleus Generates the Diurnal Changes in Plasma Leptin Levels

    A. Kalsbeek;E. Fliers;J. A. Romijn;S. E. la Fleur

  • Effects of glucagon-like peptide 1 on appetite and body weight: focus on the CNS

    L van Bloemendaal;J S ten Kulve;S E la Fleur;R G Ijzerman

  • Suprachiasmatic GABAergic Inputs to the Paraventricular Nucleus Control Plasma Glucose Concentrations in the Rat via Sympathetic Innervation of the Liver

    Andries Kalsbeek;Susanne La Fleur;Caroline Van Heijningen;Ruud M. Buijs

  • A suprachiasmatic nucleus generated rhythm in basal glucose concentrations.

    S E La Fleur;A Kalsbeek;J Wortel;R M Buijs

  • The role of the autonomic nervous liver innervation in the control of energy metabolism

    Chun-Xia Yi;Susanne E. la Fleur;Eric Fliers;Andries Kalsbeek;Andries Kalsbeek

  • Impact of nutrients on circadian rhythmicity

    Johanneke Elisabeth Oosterman;Andries Kalsbeek;Susanne E. la Fleur;Denise D. Belsham

  • Glucocorticoids, chronic stress, and obesity.

    Mary F. Dallman;Norman C. Pecoraro;Susanne E. La Fleur;James P. Warne

  • The suprachiasmatic nucleus controls the daily variation of plasma glucose via the autonomic output to the liver: are the clock genes involved?

    Cathy Cailotto;Susanne E. La Fleur;Caroline Van Heijningen;Joke Wortel

  • Chronic Stress‐Induced Effects of Corticosterone on Brain: Direct and Indirect

    M F. Dallman;S F Akana;A M Strack;K S Scribner

  • Polysynaptic neural pathways between the hypothalamus, including the suprachiasmatic nucleus, and the liver

    S.E. La Fleur;A. Kalsbeek;J. Wortel;R.M. Buijs

  • Choice of lard, but not total lard calories, damps adrenocorticotropin responses to restraint

    Susanne E. la Fleur;Hani Houshyar;Monica Roy;Mary F. Dallman

  • Hypothalamic control of energy metabolism via the autonomic nervous system

    A. Kalsbeek;A. Kalsbeek;E. Bruinstroop;C.X. Yi;C.X. Yi;L.P. Klieverik

  • Interaction between corticosterone and insulin in obesity: regulation of lard intake and fat stores.

    Susanne E. la Fleur;Susan F. Akana;Sotara L. Manalo;Mary F. Dallman

Frequent Co-Authors

Roger A.H. Adan
Roger A.H. Adan Utrecht University
Ruud M. Buijs
Ruud M. Buijs National Autonomous University of Mexico
Dick F. Swaab
Dick F. Swaab Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences
Damiaan Denys
Damiaan Denys University of Amsterdam
Ralph J. DiLeone
Ralph J. DiLeone Yale University
Laurie J. Goodyear
Laurie J. Goodyear Harvard University
Michel Barrot
Michel Barrot Centre national de la recherche scientifique, CNRS
Edwin Cuppen
Edwin Cuppen Utrecht University
Dirk Haller
Dirk Haller Technical University of Munich
Inge Huitinga
Inge Huitinga Netherlands Institute for Neuroscience

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