Heike Münzberg

14.1k total citations · 4 hit papers
116 papers, 10.1k citations indexed

About

Heike Münzberg is a scholar working on Endocrine and Autonomic Systems, Physiology and Nutrition and Dietetics. According to data from OpenAlex, Heike Münzberg has authored 116 papers receiving a total of 10.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 76 papers in Endocrine and Autonomic Systems, 58 papers in Physiology and 34 papers in Nutrition and Dietetics. Recurrent topics in Heike Münzberg's work include Regulation of Appetite and Obesity (69 papers), Adipose Tissue and Metabolism (38 papers) and Biochemical Analysis and Sensing Techniques (32 papers). Heike Münzberg is often cited by papers focused on Regulation of Appetite and Obesity (69 papers), Adipose Tissue and Metabolism (38 papers) and Biochemical Analysis and Sensing Techniques (32 papers). Heike Münzberg collaborates with scholars based in United States, Germany and France. Heike Münzberg's co-authors include Martin G. Myers, Christopher D. Morrison, Hans‐Rudolf Berthoud, Michael A. Cowley, Christian Bjørbæk, Rebecca L. Leshan, Jeffrey S. Flier, Marie Björnholm, Sangho Yu and Amanda Laque and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Cell and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Heike Münzberg

114 papers receiving 10.0k citations

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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

Mechanisms of Leptin Action and Leptin Resistance

2007 819 citations Martin G. Myers, Michael A. Cowley et al. profile →
Region-Specific Leptin Resistance within the Hypothalamus of Diet-Induced Obese Mice

2004 587 citations Heike Münzberg, Christian Bjørbæk et al. Endocrinology profile →
Canonical Nlrp3 Inflammasome Links Systemic Low-Grade Inflammation to Functional Decline in Aging

2013 511 citations Diana C. Albarado, Amanda Laque et al. Cell Metabolism profile →
FGF21 is an endocrine signal of protein restriction

2014 448 citations Diana C. Albarado, Heike Münzberg et al. profile →

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#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Sleep need–dependent plasticity of a thalamic circuit promotes homeostatic recovery sleep 2025 ·Science ·Sang‐Soo Lee, Qiang Liu, (unknown), Dong Won Kim, (unknown), Anuradha Mehta, Mehmet F. Keleş, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Heike Münzberg, T.D. Harris, Austin R. Graves, Seth Blackshaw, Mark N. Wu	6
2	FGF21 as a mediator of adaptive changes in food intake and macronutrient preference in response to protein restriction 2024 ·Neuropharmacology ·(unknown), (unknown), Md Shahjalal Hossain Khan, Hans‐Rudolf Berthoud, Heike Münzberg, Vance L. Albaugh, Yanlin He, David H. McDougal, Paul L. Soto, Sangho Yu, Christopher D. Morrison	3
3	FGF21 acts in the brain to drive macronutrient-specific changes in behavioral motivation and brain reward signaling 2024 ·Molecular Metabolism ·Md Shahjalal Hossain Khan, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Sun Ok Fernandez‐Kim, Blaise Clarke, Hans‐Rudolf Berthoud, Heike Münzberg, David H. McDougal, Yanlin He, Sangho Yu, Vance L. Albaugh, Paul L. Soto, Christopher D. Morrison	5
4	History and future of leptin: Discovery, regulation and signaling 2024 ·Metabolism ·Heike Münzberg, Steven B. Heymsfield, (unknown), Christopher D. Morrison	4
5	FGF21 is required for protein restriction to extend lifespan and improve metabolic health in male mice 2022 ·Nature Communications ·Cristal M. Hill, Diana C. Albarado, (unknown), (unknown), Md Shahjalal Hossain Khan, Emily Qualls‐Creekmore, David H. Burk, Susan J. Burke, J. Jason Collier, Sangho Yu, David H. McDougal, Hans‐Rudolf Berthoud, Heike Münzberg, Andrzej Bartke, Christopher D. Morrison	67
6	Protein Appetite at the Interface between Nutrient Sensing and Physiological Homeostasis 2021 ·Nutrients ·Md Shahjalal Hossain Khan, (unknown), Heike Münzberg, Sangho Yu, Vance L. Albaugh, Yanlin He, Hans‐Rudolf Berthoud, Christopher D. Morrison	16
7	FGF21 and the Physiological Regulation of Macronutrient Preference 2020 ·Endocrinology ·Cristal M. Hill, Emily Qualls‐Creekmore, Hans‐Rudolf Berthoud, Paul L. Soto, Sangho Yu, David H. McDougal, Heike Münzberg, Christopher D. Morrison	64
8	Identification of peripheral neural circuits that regulate heart rate using optogenetic and viral vector strategies 2019 ·Nature Communications ·Pradeep S. Rajendran, Rosemary C. Challis, Charless C. Fowlkes, Peter Hanna, John D. Tompkins, Maria C. Jordan, Sarah Hiyari, (unknown), Alon Greenbaum, Ken Y. Chan, Benjamin E. Deverman, Heike Münzberg, Jeffrey L. Ardell, Guy Salama, Viviana Gradinaru, Kalyanam Shivkumar	127
9	Phenotyping of nNOS neurons in the postnatal and adult female mouse hypothalamus 2017 ·The Journal of Comparative Neurology ·Konstantina Chachlaki, Samuel A. Malone, Emily Qualls‐Creekmore, Erik Hrabovszky, Heike Münzberg, Paolo Giacobini, Fabrice Ango, Vincent Prévot	3
10	Leptin and Insulin Act on POMC Neurons to Promote the Browning of White Fat 2015 ·Cell ·Garron T. Dodd, (unknown), Kim Loh, Stephanie E. Simonds, Florian Wiede, Églantine Balland, Troy L. Merry, Heike Münzberg, Zhong‐Yin Zhang, Barbara B. Kahn, Benjamin G. Neel, Kendra K. Bence, Zane B. Andrews, Michael A. Cowley, Tony Tiganis	319
11	Leptin receptor neurons in the dorsomedial hypothalamus are key regulators of energy expenditure and body weight, but not food intake 2014 ·Molecular Metabolism ·Kavon Rezai‐Zadeh, Sangho Yu, Yanyan Jiang, Amanda Laque, (unknown), Christopher D. Morrison, Andrei V. Derbenev, Andrea Zsombok, Heike Münzberg	155
12	Glutamate release mediates leptin action on energy expenditure 2013 ·Molecular Metabolism ·Yuanzhong Xu, Eun Ran Kim, Rongjie Zhao, Martin G. Myers, Heike Münzberg, Qingchun Tong	29
13	Novel Aspects of Brown Adipose Tissue Biology 2012 ·Endocrinology and Metabolism Clinics of North America ·Jöerg Heeren, Heike Münzberg	29
14	The lateral hypothalamus as integrator of metabolic and environmental needs: From electrical self-stimulation to opto-genetics 2011 ·Physiology & Behavior ·Hans-Rudi Berthoud, Heike Münzberg	183
15	Ventral Tegmental Area Leptin Receptor Neurons Specifically Project to and Regulate Cocaine- and Amphetamine-Regulated Transcript Neurons of the Extended Central Amygdala 2010 ·Journal of Neuroscience ·Rebecca L. Leshan, Darren M. Opland, Gwendolyn W. Louis, Gina M. Leinninger, Christa M. Patterson, Christopher J. Rhodes, Heike Münzberg, Martin G. Myers	107
16	Enhanced Leptin-Stimulated Pi3k Activation in the CNS Promotes White Adipose Tissue Transdifferentiation 2007 ·Cell Metabolism ·Leona Plum, Eva Rother, Heike Münzberg, F. Thomas Wunderlich, Donald A. Morgan, Brigitte Hampel, Marya Shanabrough, Ruth Janoschek, A. Christine Könner, Jens Alber, Akira Suzuki, Wilhelm Krone, Tamás L. Horváth, Kamal Rahmouni, Jens C. Brüning	119
17	Appropriate Inhibition of Orexigenic Hypothalamic Arcuate Nucleus Neurons Independently of Leptin Receptor/STAT3 Signaling 2007 ·Journal of Neuroscience ·Heike Münzberg, Erin E. Jobst, Sarah H. Bates, Justin C. Jones, Eneida C. Villanueva, Rebecca L. Leshan, Marie Björnholm, Joel K. Elmquist, Mark W. Sleeman, Michael A. Cowley, Martin G. Myers	72
18	Role of Signal Transducer and Activator of Transcription 3 in Regulation of Hypothalamic Proopiomelanocortin Gene Expression by Leptin 2003 ·Endocrinology ·Heike Münzberg, Lihong Huo, Eduardo A. Nillni, Anthony N. Hollenberg, Christian Bjørbæk	264
19	Missense variants in the human peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor-gamma2 gene in lean and obese subjects 1999 ·European Journal of Endocrinology ·A. Hamann, Heike Münzberg, (unknown), (unknown), Anke Hinney, Hermann Mayer, Wolfgang Siegfried, Johannes Hebebrand, H. Greten	46
20	Analysis of the uncoupling protein-1 (UCP1) gene in obese and lean subjects: Identification of four amino acid variants 1998 ·International Journal of Obesity ·A. Hamann, (unknown), (unknown), Heike Münzberg, Anke Hinney, Hermann Mayer, Wolfgang Siegfried, Daniel Ricquier, H. Greten, Johannes Hebebrand, S. Matthäei	31

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