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J G Mercer

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1 Leptin and leptin receptor mRNA and protein expression in the murine fetus and placenta. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 1997 1.67
2 Localization of leptin receptor mRNA splice variants in murine peripheral tissues by RT-PCR and in situ hybridization. Biochem Biophys Res Commun 1997 1.40
3 Leptin interacts with glucagon-like peptide-1 neurons to reduce food intake and body weight in rodents. FEBS Lett 1997 1.13
4 Developmental changes in hypothalamic leptin receptor: relationship with the postnatal leptin surge and energy balance neuropeptides in the postnatal rat. Am J Physiol Regul Integr Comp Physiol 2009 1.12
5 Localization of the melatonin-related receptor in the rodent brain and peripheral tissues. J Neuroendocrinol 2001 1.04
6 Leptin: fundamental aspects. Int J Obes Relat Metab Disord 1999 1.00
7 Neuromedin U and Neuromedin U receptor-2 expression in the mouse and rat hypothalamus: effects of nutritional status. J Neurochem 2003 1.00
8 Photoperiod regulates growth, puberty and hypothalamic neuropeptide and receptor gene expression in female Siberian hamsters. Endocrinology 2000 0.98
9 Circulating ghrelin levels and central ghrelin receptor expression are elevated in response to food deprivation in a seasonal mammal (Phodopus sungorus). J Neuroendocrinol 2004 0.97
10 Photoperiod differentially regulates the expression of Per1 and ICER in the pars tuberalis and the suprachiasmatic nucleus of the Siberian hamster. Eur J Neurosci 2000 0.96
11 G protein-coupled receptor 101 mRNA expression in the mouse brain: altered expression in the posterior hypothalamus and amygdala by energetic challenges. J Neuroendocrinol 2007 0.96
12 Effect of leptin on hypothalamic GLP-1 peptide and brain-stem pre-proglucagon mRNA. Biochem Biophys Res Commun 2000 0.96
13 The effect of ecdysteroids on the microfilarial production of Brugia pahangi and the control of meiotic reinitiation in the oocytes of Dirofilaria immitis. Parasitol Res 1991 0.93
14 Placental leptin. Rev Reprod 2000 0.92
15 Effect of photoperiod on body mass, food intake and body composition in the field vole, Microtus agrestis. J Exp Biol 2005 0.89
16 Photoperiod regulates genes encoding melanocortin 3 and serotonin receptors and secretogranins in the dorsomedial posterior arcuate of the Siberian hamster. J Neuroendocrinol 2009 0.88
17 Circulating leptin during ovine pregnancy in relation to maternal nutrition, body composition and pregnancy outcome. J Endocrinol 2001 0.88
18 Leptin receptor and neuropeptide Y gene expression in the sheep brain. J Neuroendocrinol 1999 0.88
19 Precursor-protein convertase 1 gene expression in the mouse hypothalamus: differential regulation by ob gene mutation, energy deficit and administration of leptin, and coexpression with prepro-orexin. Neuroscience 2003 0.87
20 Ontogeny of the expression of leptin and its receptor in the murine fetus and placenta. Br J Nutr 2000 0.86
21 Arcuate nucleus homeostatic systems are not altered immediately prior to the scheduled consumption of large, binge-type meals of palatable solid or liquid diet in rats and Mice. J Neuroendocrinol 2013 0.86
22 Parasite-induced anorexia: leptin, insulin and corticosterone responses to infection with the nematode, Nippostrongylus brasiliensis. Parasitology 1999 0.85
23 Short photoperiod-induced decrease of histamine H3 receptors facilitates activation of hypothalamic neurons in the Siberian hamster. Endocrinology 2009 0.85
24 Hypothalamic energy balance gene responses in the Sprague-Dawley rat to supplementation of high-energy diet with liquid ensure and subsequent transfer to chow. J Neuroendocrinol 2005 0.84
25 The ovine pars tuberalis secretes a factor(s) that regulates gene expression in both lactotropic and nonlactotropic pituitary cells. Endocrinology 1996 0.84
26 Transmission of Schistosoma mansoni from man to snail: experimental studies of miracidial survival and infectivity in relation to larval age, water temperature, host size and host age. Parasitology 1982 0.84
27 The effect of leptin on luteinizing hormone release is exerted in the zona incerta and mediated by melanin-concentrating hormone. J Neuroendocrinol 2000 0.83
28 Analysis of ecdysteroids in the trematodes, Schistosoma mansoni and Fasciola hepatica. Trop Med Parasitol 1992 0.83
29 The thyrotropin-releasing hormone secretory system in the hypothalamus of the Siberian hamster in long and short photoperiods. J Neuroendocrinol 2008 0.82
30 Altered expression of SOCS3 in the hypothalamic arcuate nucleus during seasonal body mass changes in the field vole, Microtus agrestis. J Neuroendocrinol 2007 0.82
31 Control of seasonality by melatonin. Proc Nutr Soc 1994 0.81
32 PC1/3 and PC2 gene expression and post-translational endoproteolytic pro-opiomelanocortin processing is regulated by photoperiod in the seasonal Siberian hamster (Phodopus sungorus). J Neuroendocrinol 2006 0.81
33 Photoperiodic programming of body weight through the neuroendocrine hypothalamus. J Endocrinol 2003 0.81
34 The suppressor of cytokine signalling 3, SOCS3, may be one critical modulator of seasonal body weight changes in the Siberian hamster, Phodopus sungorus. J Neuroendocrinol 2006 0.80
35 The differential regulation of CART gene expression in a pituitary cell line and primary cell cultures of ovine pars tuberalis cells. J Neuroendocrinol 2001 0.80
36 Photoperiod regulates leptin sensitivity in field voles, Microtus agrestis. J Comp Physiol B 2005 0.80
37 Echinococcus granulosus: occurrence of ecdysteroids in protoscoleces and hydatid cyst fluid. Mol Biochem Parasitol 1987 0.80
38 Leanness in postnatally nutritionally programmed rats is associated with increased sensitivity to leptin and a melanocortin receptor agonist and decreased sensitivity to neuropeptide Y. Int J Obes (Lond) 2011 0.80
39 Effect of chronic food restriction on pulsatile luteinizing hormone secretion and hypothalamic neuropeptide Y gene expression in castrate male sheep. J Endocrinol 1997 0.79
40 Hypothalamic neuropeptide Y content and mRNA expression in weanling rats subjected to dietary manipulations during fetal and neonatal life. Regul Pept 1998 0.79
41 Leptin and reproduction. Proc Nutr Soc 1998 0.79
42 Photoperiodic effects on body mass, energy balance and hypothalamic gene expression in the bank vole. J Exp Biol 2004 0.78
43 Melatonin suppresses the induction of AP-1 transcription factor components in the pars tuberalis of the pituitary. Mol Cell Endocrinol 1996 0.78
44 Anorexia induced by the parasitic nematode, Nippostrongylus brasiliensis: effects on NPY and CRF gene expression in the rat hypothalamus. J Neuroendocrinol 1995 0.78
45 Melatonin receptors in the brain and pituitary gland of hypothalamo-pituitary disconnected Soay rams. J Neuroendocrinol 1997 0.78
46 Schistosoma mansoni: effect of maintenance in vitro on the physiology and biochemistry of adult worms. Parasitology 1985 0.78
47 Early life programming of energy balance. Biochem Soc Trans 2007 0.78
48 Metabolism and fate of ecdysteroids in the nematodes Ascaris suum and Parascaris equorum. Mol Biochem Parasitol 1991 0.77
49 Schistosoma mansoni: effect of maintenance in vitro on the uptake and incorporation of leucine by adult worms. Mol Biochem Parasitol 1985 0.76
50 Hormonal and neuroendocrine regulation of energy balance--the role of leptin. Arch Tierernahr 1998 0.76
51 Capillary gas chromatography-mass spectrometry of ecdysteroids. J Chromatogr 1987 0.76
52 Photoperiod-dependent regulation of carboxypeptidase E affects the selective processing of neuropeptides in the seasonal Siberian hamster (Phodopus sungorus). J Neuroendocrinol 2013 0.76
53 The regulation of body weight: lessons from the seasonal animal. Proc Nutr Soc 2001 0.75
54 Hypothalamic neuropeptide systems and anticipatory weight change in Siberian hamsters. Physiol Behav 2002 0.75
55 Marginal notes on hormones. Parasitol Today 1986 0.75
56 Schistosoma mansoni: uptake in vitro and incorporation of adenine by adults. Exp Parasitol 1986 0.75
57 Effects of potential inhibitors on Brugia pahangi in vitro: macrofilaricidal action and inhibition of microfilarial production. Parasitology 1989 0.75
58 Satiety signals in sheep: involvement of CCK, propionate, and vagal CCK binding sites. Physiol Behav 1993 0.75
59 Occurrence and possible significance of developmental hormones in nematodes. Prog Clin Biol Res 1990 0.75
60 The effect of Hymenolepis diminuta upon ecdysteroid activity in the haemolymph of the intermediate host, Tenebrio molitor. Parasitol Res 1987 0.75
61 Evidence for the release of 20-hydroxyecdysone 25-glucoside by adult female Parascaris equorum (Nematoda) in vitro. Parasitol Res 1991 0.75
62 VIIIth Ecdysone Workshop. Parasitol Today 1987 0.75
63 The effect of maintenance in vitro on glucose uptake and the incorporation of glucose into glycogen by adult Schistosoma mansoni. Int J Parasitol 1986 0.75
64 Introduction of a high-energy diet acutely up-regulates hypothalamic cocaine and amphetamine-regulated transcript, Mc4R and brown adipose tissue uncoupling protein-1 gene expression in male Sprague-Dawley rats. J Neuroendocrinol 2005 0.75