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2026

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Neuroscience

D-Index
68
Citations
12791
World Ranking
2805
National Ranking
6

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Neuroscience in Hungary Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Neuroscience in Hungary Leader Award
  • 2023 - Research.com Neuroscience in Hungary Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Neuroscience in Hungary Leader Award

Overview

Zsolt Liposits is affiliated with the Institute of Experimental Medicine in Hungary. Their research primarily focuses on neuroendocrinology with applications in reproductive medicine, endocrinology, and molecular biology. Their scientific contributions are situated within the broader fields of medicine and neuroscience.

The main topics addressed in Liposits's work cover:

  • Hypothalamic control of reproductive hormones
  • Regulation of appetite and obesity
  • Neuroendocrine regulation and behavior
  • Growth hormone and insulin-like growth factors
  • Nicotinic acetylcholine receptors study
  • Sleep and wakefulness research
  • Sleep and related disorders

Liposits's recent publications include the following papers:

  • Insulin-Like Growth Factor 1 Increases GABAergic Neurotransmission to GnRH Neurons via Suppressing the Retrograde Tonic Endocannabinoid Signaling Pathway in Mice, 2020, Neuroendocrinology
  • Ghrelin Receptor Stimulation of the Lateral Parabrachial Nucleus in Rats Increases Food Intake but not Food Motivation, 2020, Obesity
  • Characterization of orexin input to dopamine neurons of the ventral tegmental area projecting to the medial prefrontal cortex and shell of nucleus accumbens, 2022, Brain Structure and Function
  • Networking of glucagon-like peptide-1 axons with GnRH neurons in the basal forebrain of male mice revealed by 3DISCO-based immunocytochemistry and optogenetics, 2020, Brain Structure and Function
  • Gonadal Cycle-Dependent Expression of Genes Encoding Peptide-, Growth Factor-, and Orphan G-Protein-Coupled Receptors in Gonadotropin-Releasing Hormone Neurons of Mice, 2021, Frontiers in Molecular Neuroscience

The venues where Liposits has frequently published include:

  • Brain Structure and Function
  • Journal of Neuroscience
  • Neuroendocrinology
  • Obesity
  • Frontiers in Molecular Neuroscience

Frequent collaborators in Liposits's research are:

  • Imre Farkas
  • Csaba Vastagh
  • Imre Kalló
  • Veronika Csillag
  • Masahiko Watanabe

Best Publications

  • Detection of Estrogen Receptor-β Messenger Ribonucleic Acid and 125I-Estrogen Binding Sites in Luteinizing Hormone-Releasing Hormone Neurons of the Rat Brain

    Erik Hrabovszky;Paul J. Shughrue;István Merchenthaler;Tibor Hajszán

  • Intrinsic pulsatile secretory activity of immortalized luteinizing hormone-releasing hormone-secreting neurons.

    William C. Wetsel;Marcelo M. Valenca;Istvan Merchenthaler;Zsolt Liposits

  • The Orexigenic Effect of Ghrelin Is Mediated through Central Activation of the Endogenous Cannabinoid System

    Blerina Kola;Imre Farkas;Mirjam Christ-Crain;Gábor Wittmann

  • The kisspeptin system of the human hypothalamus: sexual dimorphism and relationship with gonadotropin-releasing hormone and neurokinin B neurons.

    E. Hrabovszky;P. Ciofi;B. Vida;M. C. Horvath

  • Estrogen receptor-β immunoreactivity in luteinizing hormone-releasing hormone neurons of the rat brain

    Erik Hrabovszky;Annamária Steinhauser;Klaudia Barabás;Paul J. Shughrue

  • Direct targeting of hippocampal neurons for apoptosis by glucocorticoids is reversible by mineralocorticoid receptor activation

    C. Crochemore;J. Lu;Y. Wu;Zs. Liposits

  • Lipopolysaccharide Induces Type 2 Iodothyronine Deiodinase in the Mediobasal Hypothalamus: Implications for the Nonthyroidal Illness Syndrome

    Csaba Fekete;Balázs Gereben;Márton Doleschall;John W. Harney

  • Paracrine signaling by glial cell–derived triiodothyronine activates neuronal gene expression in the rodent brain and human cells

    Beatriz C.G. Freitas;Balázs Gereben;Melany Castillo;Imre Kalló

  • Peripheral, but not central, CB1 antagonism provides food intake-independent metabolic benefits in diet-induced obese rats.

    Rubén Nogueiras;Christelle Veyrat-Durebex;Paula M. Suchanek;Marcella Klein

  • The Amygdala as a Neurobiological Target for Ghrelin in Rats: Neuroanatomical, Electrophysiological and Behavioral Evidence

    Mayte Alvarez-Crespo;Karolina P. Skibicka;Imre Farkas;Csilla S. Molnár

  • Evidence for suprachiasmatic vasopressin neurones innervating kisspeptin neurones in the rostral periventricular area of the mouse brain: regulation by oestrogen.

    B. Vida;L. Deli;E. Hrabovszky;T. Kalamatianos

  • Monoamine innervation of bed nucleus of stria terminalis: an electron microscopic investigation.

    Clyde F. Phelix;Zsolt Liposits;Willis K. Paull

  • Triiodothyronine Exerts Direct Cell-Specific Regulation of Thyrotropin-Releasing Hormone Gene Expression in the Hypothalamic Paraventricular Nucleus*

    Eric M. Dyess;Thomas P. Segerson;Zsolt Liposits;Willis K. Paull

  • Improved method for combination of immunocytochemistry and Nissl staining

    Andrea Kádár;Gábor Wittmann;Gábor Wittmann;Zsolt Liposits;Zsolt Liposits;Csaba Fekete;Csaba Fekete

  • Hypophysiotropic Thyrotropin-Releasing Hormone-Synthesizing Neurons in the Human Hypothalamus Are Innervated by Neuropeptide Y, Agouti-Related Protein, and α-Melanocyte-Stimulating Hormone

    Emese Mihály;Csaba Fekete;Csaba Fekete;Jeffrey B. Tatro;Zsolt Liposits

  • Distribution of type 1 cannabinoid receptor (CB1)‐immunoreactive axons in the mouse hypothalamus

    Gábor Wittmann;Levente Deli;Imre Kalló;Erik Hrabovszky

  • Neural background of glucocorticoid dysfunction-induced abnormal aggression in rats: Involvement of fear- and stress-related structures

    József Halász;Zsolt Liposits;Menno R. Kruk;József Haller

  • Estrogen receptor-beta in oxytocin and vasopressin neurons of the rat and human hypothalamus: Immunocytochemical and in situ hybridization studies

    Erik Hrabovszky;Imre Kalló;Imre Kalló;Annamária Steinhauser;István Merchenthaler

  • Synaptic interaction of serotonergic axons and corticotropin releasing factor (CRF) synthesizing neurons in the hypothalamic paraventricular nucleus of the rat

    Unknown

  • Morphological characterization of immortalized hypothalamic neurons synthesizing luteinizing hormone-releasing hormone.

    Zsolt Liposits;Istvàn Merchenthaler;William C. Wetsel;Joanne J. Reid

  • Neuropeptide-Y and ACTH-immunoreactive innervation of corticotropin releasing factor (CRF)-synthesizing neurons in the hypothalamus of the rat

    Unknown

  • Adrenergic innervation of corticotropin releasing factor (CRF) — synthesizing neurons in the hypothalamic paraventricular nucleus of the rat

    Unknown

  • Light and electron microscopic immunocytochemical localization of PKCδ immunoreactivity in the rat central nervous system

    István Merchenthaler;Zsolt Liposits;Joanne J. Reid;William C. Wetsel

Frequent Co-Authors

Csaba Fekete
Csaba Fekete Institute of Experimental Medicine
Erik Hrabovszky
Erik Hrabovszky Hungarian Academy of Sciences
Istvan Merchenthaler
Istvan Merchenthaler University of Maryland, Baltimore
Masahiko Watanabe
Masahiko Watanabe Hokkaido University
Clive W. Coen
Clive W. Coen King's College London
William C. Wetsel
William C. Wetsel Duke University
Suzanne L. Dickson
Suzanne L. Dickson University of Gothenburg
Vincent Prevot
Vincent Prevot University of Lille
Roger A.H. Adan
Roger A.H. Adan Utrecht University

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