2007

Leibowitz SF. Overconsumption of dietary fat and alcohol: Mechanisms involving lipids and hypothalamic peptides. PHYSIOL BEHAV 2007 (in press).

Leibowitz KL , Chang GQ , Pamy PS , Hill JO , Gayles EC , Leibowitz SF. Weight gain model in prepubertal rats: prediction and phenotyping of obesity-prone animals at normal body weight. INT J OBESITY 2007 MAY;(1):1-12.

Gaysinskaya VA , Karatayev O , Chang GQ , Leibowitz SF. Increased caloric intake after a high-fat preload: Relation to circulating triglycerides and orexigenic peptides. PHYSIOL BEHAV 2007 MAY;91(1):142-153.

Chang GQ , Karatayev O , Ahsan R , Avena NM , Lee C , Lewis MJ , Hoebel BG , Leibowitz SF. Effect of ethanol on hypothalamic opioid peptides, enkephalin, and dynorphin: Relationship with circulating triglycerides. ALCOHOL CLIN EXP RES 2007 FEB;31(2):249-259.

Chang GQ , Karatayev O , Ahsan R , Gaysinskaya V , Marwil Z , Leibowitz SF. Dietary fat stimulates endogenous enkephalin and dynorphin in the paraventricular nucleus: role of circulating triglycerides. AMER J PHYSIOL-ENDOCRINOL MET 2007 FEB;292(2):E561-E570.

2006

Sheng GQ , Chang GQ , Lin JY , Yu ZX , Fang ZH , Rong J , Lipton SA , Li SH , Tong G , Leibowitz SF , Li XJ. Hypothalamic huntingtin-associated protein 1 as a mediator of feeding behavior. NATURE MED 2006 MAY;12(5):526-533.

Dourmashkin JT , Chang GQ , Hill JO , Gayles EC , Fried SK , Leibowitz SF. Model for predicting and phenotyping at nonnal weight the long- term propensity for obesity in Sprague-Dawley rats. PHYSIOL BEHAV 2006 APR 15;87(4):666-678.

Leibowitz SF , Chang GQ , Dourmashkin JT , Yun R , Julien C , Pamy PP. Leptin secretion after a high-fat meal in normal-weight rats: strong predictor of long-term body fat accrual on a high-fat diet. AMER J PHYSIOL-ENDOCRINOL MET 2006 FEB;290(2):E258-E267.

Alexander J , Chang GQ , Dourmashkin JT , Leibowitz SF. Distinct phenotypes of obesity-prone AKR/J, DBA2J and C57BL/6J mice compared to control strains. INT J OBESITY 2006 JAN;30(1):50-59.

Leibowitz SF. Hypothalamic Galanin and Ingestive Behavior: Relation to Dietary Fat, Alcohol, and Circulating Lipids.

2005

Yun R , Dourmashkin JT , Hill J , Gayles EC , Fried SK , Leibowitz SF. PVN galanin increases fat storage and promotes obesity by causing muscle to utilize carbohydrate more than fat. PEPTIDES 2005 NOV;26(11):2265-2273.

Dourmashkin JT , Chang GQ , Gayles EC , Hill JO , Fried SK , Julien C , Leibowitz SF. Different forms of obesity as a function of diet composition. INT J OBESITY 2005 NOV;29(11):1368-1378.

Lewis MJ , Rada P , Johnson DF , Avena NM , Leibowitz SF , Hoebel BG. Galanin and alcohol dependence: Neurobehavioral research. NEUROPEPTIDES 2005 JUN;39(3):317-321.

Leibowitz SF. Regulation and effects of hypothalamic galanin: relation to dietary fat, alcohol ingestion, circulating lipids and energy homeostasis. NEUROPEPTIDES 2005 JUN;39(3):327-332.

Chang GQ , Karatayev O , Davydova Z , Wortley K , Leibowitz SF. Glucose injection reduces neuropeptide Y and agouti-related protein expression in the arcuate nucleus: A possible physiological role in eating behavior. MOL BRAIN RES 2005 APR 27;135(1-2):69-80.

Leibowitz SF , Sepiashvili K , Akabayashi A , Karatayev O , Davydova Z , Alexander JT , Wang J , Chang GQ. Function of neuropeptide Y and agouti-related protein at weaning: relation to corticosterone, dietary carbohydrate and body weight. BRAIN RES 2005 MAR 2;1036(1-2):180-191.

Alexander J , Chang GQ , Dourmashkin JT , Leibowitz SF. Distinct phenotypes of obesity-prone AKR/J, DBA2J and C57BL/6J mice compared to control strains. INT J OBESITY 2005 JAN;30(1):50-59.

2004

Lewis MJ , Johnson DF , Waldman D , Leibowitz SF , Hoebel BG. Galanin microinjection in the third ventricle increases voluntary ethanol intake. ALCOHOL CLIN EXP RES 2004 DEC;28(12):1822-1828.

Avena NA , Carrillo CA , Needham L , Leibowitz SF , Hoebel BG. Sugar-dependent rats show enhanced intake of unsweetened ethanol. ALCOHOL 2004 OCT-NOV;34(2-3):203-209.

Carrillo CA , Leibowitz SF , Karatayev O , Hoebel BG. A high-fat meal or injection of lipids stimulates ethanol intake. ALCOHOL 2004 OCT-NOV;34(2-3):197-202.

Chang GQ , Karatayev O , Davydova Z , Leibowitz SF. Circulating triglycerides impact on orexigenic peptides and neuronal activity in hypothalamus. ENDOCRINOLOGY 2004 AUG;145(8):3904-3912.

Rada P , Avena NM , Leibowitz SF , Hoebel BG. Ethanol intake is increased by injection of galanin in the paraventricular nucleus and reduced by a galanin antagonist. ALCOHOL 2004 JUN;33(2):91-97.

Leibowitz SF , Dourmashkin JT , Chang GQ , Hill JO , Gayles EC , Fried SK , Wang J. Acute high-fat diet paradigms link galanin to triglycerides and their transport and metabolism in muscle. BRAIN RES 2004 MAY 22;1008(2):168-178.

Spangler R , Wittkowski KM , Goddard NL , Avena NM , Hoebel BG , Leibowitz SF. Opiate-like effects of sugar on gene expression in reward areas of the rat brain. MOL BRAIN RES 2004 MAY 19;124(2):134-142.

Leibowitz SF , Wortley KE. Hypothalamic control of energy balance: different peptides, different functions. PEPTIDES 2004 MAR;25(3):473-504.

Wortley KE , Chang GQ , Davydova Z , Fried SK , Leibowitz SF. Cocaine- and amphetamine-regulated transcript in the arcuate nucleus stimulates lipid metabolism to control body fat accrual on a high-fat diet. REGULATORY PEPTIDES 2004 Feb;117(2):89-99.

2003

Leibowitz SF , Avena NM , Chang GQ , Karatayev O , Chau DT , Hoebel BG. Ethanol intake increases galanin mRNA in the hypothalamus and withdrawal decreases it. PHYSIOL BEHAV 2003 JUN;79(1):103-111.

Wortley KE , Chang GQ , Davydova Z , Leibowitz SF. Peptides that regulate food intake: orexin gene expression is increased during states of hypertriglyceridemia. AM J PHYSIOL REGUL INTEGR COMP PHYSIOL. 2003 JUN;284(6):R1454-65.

2001

Liu ZT , Chang GQ , Leibowitz SF. Apolipoprotein D interacts with the long-form leptin receptor: a hypothalamic function in the control of energy homeostasis. FASEB J 2001 MAY;15(7):1329-1331.

Liu ZT , Chang GQ , Leibowitz SF. Apolipoprotein D interacts with the long-form leptin receptor: a hypothalamic function in the control of energy homeostasis. FASEB J 2001 FEB 26;express article 10.1096/fj.00-0530fje.

Liu Z , Chang GQ , Leibowitz SF. Diacylglycerol kinase zeta in hypothalamus interacts with long form leptin receptor. Relation to dietary fat and body weight regulation. J BIOL CHEM. 2001 FEB 23;276(8):5900-7.