Christopher D. Morrison

12.5k total citations · 1 hit paper
153 papers, 9.4k citations indexed

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Christopher D. Morrison is a scholar working on Endocrine and Autonomic Systems, Physiology and Nutrition and Dietetics. According to data from OpenAlex, Christopher D. Morrison has authored 153 papers receiving a total of 9.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 77 papers in Endocrine and Autonomic Systems, 71 papers in Physiology and 31 papers in Nutrition and Dietetics. Recurrent topics in Christopher D. Morrison's work include Regulation of Appetite and Obesity (72 papers), Adipose Tissue and Metabolism (49 papers) and Biochemical Analysis and Sensing Techniques (29 papers). Christopher D. Morrison is often cited by papers focused on Regulation of Appetite and Obesity (72 papers), Adipose Tissue and Metabolism (49 papers) and Biochemical Analysis and Sensing Techniques (29 papers). Christopher D. Morrison collaborates with scholars based in United States, Germany and France. Christopher D. Morrison's co-authors include Hans‐Rudolf Berthoud, Heike Münzberg, Michael W. Schwartz, Annadora J. Bruce‐Keller, Jeffrey N. Keller, D. H. Keisler, Christy L. White, Kevin D. Niswender, Thomas Laeger and Donald K. Ingram and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Clinical Investigation, Nature Communications and Journal of Neuroscience.

In The Last Decade

Christopher D. Morrison

151 papers receiving 9.2k citations

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FGF21 is an endocrine signal of protein restriction

2014 448 citations Diana C. Albarado, Heike Münzberg et al. Journal of Clinical Investigation profile →

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Author						Papers	Cites
Christopher D. Morrison	3.9k	3.8k	2.0k	1.8k	1.3k	153	9.4k
Kevin L. Grove	2.7k 0.7×	2.6k 0.7×	1.9k 0.9×	1.3k 0.7×	922 0.7×	141	8.3k
Heike Münzberg	5.7k 1.4×	4.5k 1.2×	2.0k 1.0×	2.5k 1.4×	2.2k 1.7×	116	10.1k
Wolfgang Langhans	3.6k 0.9×	3.5k 0.9×	1.6k 0.8×	2.2k 1.3×	841 0.7×	264	10.5k
Charles V. Mobbs	3.7k 0.9×	3.0k 0.8×	1.7k 0.9×	1.7k 1.0×	1.1k 0.9×	146	8.4k
Kamal Rahmouni	3.8k 1.0×	4.7k 1.2×	3.1k 1.5×	1.6k 0.9×	2.3k 1.8×	176	11.1k
Amanda Sainsbury	3.5k 0.9×	4.3k 1.1×	1.7k 0.9×	1.1k 0.6×	1.1k 0.9×	201	10.4k
David A. York	3.8k 1.0×	4.4k 1.2×	1.6k 0.8×	2.0k 1.1×	1.2k 0.9×	190	9.2k
Miguel López	5.0k 1.3×	5.8k 1.5×	3.2k 1.6×	1.5k 0.8×	2.3k 1.8×	253	12.3k
Gregory J. Morton	6.6k 1.7×	5.1k 1.3×	2.4k 1.2×	2.7k 1.5×	2.4k 1.9×	108	12.3k
Stephen C. Benoit	4.9k 1.3×	3.4k 0.9×	1.1k 0.5×	3.0k 1.7×	796 0.6×	115	8.1k

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Chattoraj, Sayantan, et al.. (2025). Impact of air entrainment on wet bead milling of drug nanosuspensions and approaches for monitoring entrained air. Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences. 114(7). 103798–103798. 1 indexed citations

Berthoud, Hans‐Rudolf, Heike Münzberg, Christopher D. Morrison, & Winfried Neuhuber. (2025). Gut-brain communication: Functional anatomy of vagal afferents. Current Opinion in Neurobiology. 93. 103058–103058. 3 indexed citations

Khan, Md Shahjalal Hossain, Sun Ok Fernandez‐Kim, Blaise Clarke, et al.. (2024). FGF21 acts in the brain to drive macronutrient-specific changes in behavioral motivation and brain reward signaling. Molecular Metabolism. 91. 102068–102068. 5 indexed citations

Khan, Md Shahjalal Hossain, Hans‐Rudolf Berthoud, Heike Münzberg, et al.. (2024). FGF21 as a mediator of adaptive changes in food intake and macronutrient preference in response to protein restriction. Neuropharmacology. 255. 110010–110010. 3 indexed citations

Martínez‐Alés, Gonzalo, Teresa López‐Cuadrado, Christopher D. Morrison, Katherine M. Keyes, & Ezra Susser. (2023). The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on suicide mortality in Spain: Differences by sex and age. Journal of Affective Disorders. 329. 315–323. 10 indexed citations

Ryu, Seungjin, Olga Spadaro, Sviatoslav Sidorov, et al.. (2023). Reduction of SPARC protects mice against NLRP3 inflammasome activation and obesity. Journal of Clinical Investigation. 133(19). 16 indexed citations

Gannaban, Ritchel B., R. Leigh Townsend, Shawn R. Campagna, et al.. (2023). Reduction of Plasma BCAAs following Roux-en-Y Gastric Bypass Surgery Is Primarily Mediated by FGF21. Nutrients. 15(7). 1713–1713. 12 indexed citations

Hill, Cristal M., Diana C. Albarado, Md Shahjalal Hossain Khan, et al.. (2022). FGF21 is required for protein restriction to extend lifespan and improve metabolic health in male mice. Nature Communications. 13(1). 1897–1897. 67 indexed citations

Khan, Md Shahjalal Hossain, Heike Münzberg, Sangho Yu, et al.. (2021). Protein Appetite at the Interface between Nutrient Sensing and Physiological Homeostasis. Nutrients. 13(11). 4103–4103. 16 indexed citations

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Berthoud, Hans‐Rudolf, Christopher D. Morrison, Karen Ackroff, & Anthony Sclafani. (2021). Learning of food preferences: mechanisms and implications for obesity & metabolic diseases. International Journal of Obesity. 45(10). 2156–2168. 46 indexed citations

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Fang, Han, Sujoy Ghosh, Kirsten P. Stone, et al.. (2021). FGF21 prevents low-protein diet-induced renal inflammation in aged mice. American Journal of Physiology-Renal Physiology. 321(3). F356–F368. 14 indexed citations

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Zhang, Rui, Nathan Lee, Emily Qualls‐Creekmore, et al.. (2021). Organization of sympathetic innervation of interscapular brown adipose tissue in the mouse. The Journal of Comparative Neurology. 530(9). 1363–1378. 17 indexed citations

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Hill, Cristal M., Emily Qualls‐Creekmore, Hans‐Rudolf Berthoud, et al.. (2020). FGF21 and the Physiological Regulation of Macronutrient Preference. Endocrinology. 161(3). 64 indexed citations

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Qualls‐Creekmore, Emily, Kara L. Marlatt, Esther Aarts, et al.. (2020). What Should I Eat and Why? The Environmental, Genetic, and Behavioral Determinants of Food Choice: Summary from a Pennington Scientific Symposium. Obesity. 28(8). 1386–1396. 13 indexed citations

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Qualls‐Creekmore, Emily, Nathan Lee, Marie François, et al.. (2020). Sympathetic innervation of inguinal white adipose tissue in the mouse. The Journal of Comparative Neurology. 529(7). 1465–1485. 35 indexed citations

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Allard, C., Fabrice Bonnet, Beibei Xu, et al.. (2019). Activation of hepatic estrogen receptor-α increases energy expenditure by stimulating the production of fibroblast growth factor 21 in female mice. Molecular Metabolism. 22. 62–70. 40 indexed citations

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Mumphrey, Michael B., Hao Zheng, R. Leigh Townsend, et al.. (2019). Gastric bypass surgery in lean adolescent mice prevents diet-induced obesity later in life. Scientific Reports. 9(1). 7881–7881. 3 indexed citations

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Yu, Sangho, Marie François, Emily Qualls‐Creekmore, et al.. (2018). Preoptic leptin signaling modulates energy balance independent of body temperature regulation. eLife. 7. 31 indexed citations

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Zheng, Hao, Michael B. Mumphrey, R. Leigh Townsend, et al.. (2016). Reprogramming of defended body weight after R oux‐En‐ Y gastric bypass surgery in diet‐induced obese mice. Obesity. 24(3). 654–660. 31 indexed citations

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Berthoud, Hans‐Rudolf & Christopher D. Morrison. (2008). The Brain, Appetite, and Obesity. Civil War Book Review. 16 indexed citations

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