Researcher interests: Eating disorders and eating regulation. Anorexia. Body weight regulation; development of therapeutic devices for treating anorexia nervosa. Leptin as a survival hormone. Endocannabinoids for the treatment of eating disorders. Liver disease, hepatic encephalopathy and diabetic neuropathy. Animal models for treating obesity and diabetes. Development of therapeutic devices for the treatment of weight loss and depression associated with the metabolic syndrome. Leptin, neurogenesis and angiogenesis in stroke. Postpartum depression. Steatosis and CVD. Prevention of autism by retinoids supplementation. Development of functional foods against Alzheimer`s disease.
FACULTY / SCHOOL: School of Medicine - IMRIC
DEPARTMENT: School of Public Health
Selected Publications
novel fatty acid chain modified glp 1 derivatives with prolonged in vivo glucose lowering ability and balanced glucoregulatory activity (2018)|
Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry|
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2 arachidonoylglycerol as a possible treatment for anorexia nervosa in animal model in mice (2017)|
Brain Research|
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beta carotene as a novel therapy for the treatment of autistic like behavior in animal models of autism (2017)|
Behavioural Brain Research|
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brain neurotransmitters in an animal model with postpartum depressive like behavior (2017)|
Behavioural Brain Research|
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novel acylethanolamide derivatives that modulate body weight through enhancement of hypothalamic pro opiomelanocortin pomc and or decreased neuropeptide y npy (2013)|
Journal of Medicinal Chemistry|
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delayed leptin administration after stroke induces neurogenesis and angiogenesis (2013)|
Journal of Neuroscience Research|
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166 the peri partum period is characterized by a major alteration in brain neurotransmitters levels a possible connection to postpartum depression (2013)|
American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology|
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the direct profibrotic and indirect immune antifibrotic balance of blocking the cannabinoid 2 receptor (2012)|
American Journal of Physiology-gastrointestinal and Liver Physiology|
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leptin induces neuroprotection neurogenesis and angiogenesis after stroke (2011)|
Current Neurovascular Research|
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leptin resistance and desensitization of hypophagia during prolonged inflammatory challenge ()|
American Journal of Physiology-endocrinology and Metabolism|
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