List of works by Christian Bjørbaek

Central leptin receptor action and resistance in obesity

scientific article

Characterizaton of short isoforms of the leptin receptor in rat cerebral microvessels and of brain uptake of leptin in mouse models of obesity

scientific article

Ciliary neurotrophic factor and leptin induce distinct patterns of immediate early gene expression in the brain

scientific article published on April 2004

Divergent leptin signaling in proglucagon neurons of the nucleus of the solitary tract in mice and rats

scientific article

Divergent regulation of proopiomelanocortin neurons by leptin in the nucleus of the solitary tract and in the arcuate hypothalamic nucleus

scientific article published in March 2006

Enhanced leptin sensitivity and attenuation of diet-induced obesity in mice with haploinsufficiency of Socs3.

scientific article

Identification and characterization of melanocortin-4 receptor gene mutations in morbidly obese finnish children and adults

scientific article

Insulin resistance and lipodystrophy in mice lacking ribosomal S6 kinase 2.

scientific article published in June 2003

Leptin and melanocortin signaling in the hypothalamus

scientific article

Leptin and the control of food intake: neurons in the nucleus of the solitary tract are activated by both gastric distension and leptin

scientific article published on 22 February 2007

Leptin modulates the intrinsic excitability of AgRP/NPY neurons in the arcuate nucleus of the hypothalamus

scientific article

Leptin signaling in the central nervous system and the periphery

scientific article published on January 2004

Leptin-dependent control of glucose balance and locomotor activity by POMC neurons.

scientific article published on June 2009

Melanocortins mimic the effects of leptin to restore reproductive function in lean hypogonadotropic ewes

scientific article

Mice lacking inhibitory leptin receptor signals are lean with normal endocrine function

scientific article published on 5 April 2007

N-acetylation of hypothalamic alpha-melanocyte-stimulating hormone and regulation by leptin

scholarly article

Overexpression of suppressor of cytokine signaling 3 in adipose tissue causes local but not systemic insulin resistance

scientific article published in March 2006

Quantitative FRET imaging of leptin receptor oligomerization kinetics in single cells

scientific article

Region-specific leptin resistance within the hypothalamus of diet-induced obese mice.

scientific article

Regulation of hypothalamic prohormone convertases 1 and 2 and effects on processing of prothyrotropin-releasing hormone

scientific article published on August 2004

Role of Signal Transducer and Activator of Transcription 3 in Regulation of Hypothalamic Proopiomelanocortin Gene Expression by Leptin

scientific article published on May 1, 2003

Role of signal transducer and activator of transcription 3 in regulation of hypothalamic trh gene expression by leptin

scientific article published on 5 February 2004

Suppressor of cytokine signaling 3 is a physiological regulator of adipocyte insulin signaling

scientific article published on 4 June 2004

Urocortin trafficking in cerebral microvessel endothelial cells

scientific article published in January 2007