Charles J. Billington

Department of Veterans Affairs, Minneapolis Veterans Affairs Health Care System

Affiliated withMinneapolis Veterans Affairs Health Care System University of Minnesota

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Urocortin in the hypothalamic PVN increases leptin and affects uncoupling proteins-1 and -3 in rats. American journal of physiology. Regulatory, integrative and comparative physiology\| PubMed ID: 11792665	2002
Injection of alpha-MSH, but not beta-endorphin, into the PVN decreases POMC gene expression in the ARC. Neuroreport\| PubMed ID: 11930169	2002
It's time to start treating obesity. The American journal of cardiology\| PubMed ID: 11950437	2002
Opioid receptor blockade in rat nucleus tractus solitarius alters amygdala dynorphin gene expression. American journal of physiology. Regulatory, integrative and comparative physiology\| PubMed ID: 12069941	2002
Obesity: its time has come. American journal of hypertension\| PubMed ID: 12118916	2002
Effect of nociceptin/orphanin FQ on food intake in rats that differ in diet preference. Pharmacology, biochemistry, and behavior\| PubMed ID: 12151026	2002
Naltrexone infusion inhibits the development of preference for a high-sucrose diet. American journal of physiology. Regulatory, integrative and comparative physiology\| PubMed ID: 12376408	2002
Measurement of sleep apnea during obesity treatment. Obesity research\| PubMed ID: 12446857	2002
Overweight, obesity, and associated disease burden in the Veterans Affairs ambulatory care population. Military medicine\| PubMed ID: 12685694	2003
Effects of intracerebroventricular ethanol on ingestive behavior and induction of c-Fos immunoreactivity in selected brain regions. Physiology & behavior\| PubMed ID: 12818716	2003
Neural basis of orexigenic effects of ghrelin acting within lateral hypothalamus. Peptides\| PubMed ID: 12860204	2003
Effects of the opioid antagonist naltrexone on feeding induced by DAMGO in the ventral tegmental area and in the nucleus accumbens shell region in the rat. American journal of physiology. Regulatory, integrative and comparative physiology\| PubMed ID: 12907414	2003
Hypothalamic paraventricular injections of ghrelin: effect on feeding and c-Fos immunoreactivity. Peptides\| PubMed ID: 12948845	2003
Our journey with neuropeptide Y: effects on ingestive behaviors and energy expenditure. Peptides\| PubMed ID: 15134869	2004
Intra-amygdalar injection of DAMGO: effects on c-Fos levels in brain sites associated with feeding behavior. Brain research\| PubMed ID: 15223361	2004
Opioids as agents of reward-related feeding: a consideration of the evidence. Physiology & behavior\| PubMed ID: 15234591	2004
Alterations in food intake by opioid and dopamine signaling pathways between the ventral tegmental area and the shell of the nucleus accumbens. Brain research\| PubMed ID: 15262208	2004
Age-related changes in brain proDynorphin gene expression in the rat. Neurobiology of aging\| PubMed ID: 15465632	2004
Weight and body mass index in Parkinson's disease patients after deep brain stimulation surgery. Parkinsonism & related disorders\| PubMed ID: 15878586	2005
Drosophila target of rapamycin kinase functions as a multimer. Genetics\| PubMed ID: 16219781	2006
Effect of opioid receptor ligands injected into the rostral lateral hypothalamus on c-fos and feeding behavior. Brain research\| PubMed ID: 16716266	2006
Paraventricular opioids alter intake of high-fat but not high-sucrose diet depending on diet preference in a binge model of feeding. American journal of physiology. Regulatory, integrative and comparative physiology\| PubMed ID: 17428895	2007
Entero-endocrine changes after gastric bypass in diabetic and nondiabetic patients: a preliminary study. The Journal of surgical research\| PubMed ID: 17574036	2007
Adipokine response in diabetics and nondiabetics following the Roux-en-Y gastric bypass: a preliminary study. The Journal of surgical research\| PubMed ID: 17640666	2007
Neuroregulation of nonexercise activity thermogenesis and obesity resistance. American journal of physiology. Regulatory, integrative and comparative physiology\| PubMed ID: 18160530	2008
Hypoxia induces cardiac malformations via A1 adenosine receptor activation in chicken embryos. Birth defects research. Part A, Clinical and molecular teratology\| PubMed ID: 18186126	2008
Obesity as a disease: a white paper on evidence and arguments commissioned by the Council of the Obesity Society. Obesity (Silver Spring, Md.)\| PubMed ID: 18464753	2008
Selection of electrical algorithms to treat obesity with intermittent vagal block using an implantable medical device. Surgery for obesity and related diseases : official journal of the American Society for Bariatric Surgery\| PubMed ID: 18996767	2009
Amygdalar opioids modulate hypothalamic melanocortin-induced anorexia. Physiology & behavior\| PubMed ID: 19136019	2009
Twisted gastrulation limits apoptosis in the distal region of the mandibular arch in mice. Developmental biology\| PubMed ID: 19389368	2009
WNT5A mutations in patients with autosomal dominant Robinow syndrome. Developmental dynamics : an official publication of the American Association of Anatomists\| PubMed ID: 19918918	2010
Bone morphogenic protein 2 directly enhances differentiation of murine osteoclast precursors. Journal of cellular biochemistry\| PubMed ID: 20039313	2010
Evaluation of a quantitative magnetic resonance imaging system for whole body composition analysis in rodents. Obesity (Silver Spring, Md.)\| PubMed ID: 20057373	2010
Chronic administration of brain-derived neurotrophic factor in the hypothalamic paraventricular nucleus reverses obesity induced by high-fat diet. American journal of physiology. Regulatory, integrative and comparative physiology\| PubMed ID: 20164202	2010
Brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) in the hypothalamic ventromedial nucleus increases energy expenditure. Brain research\| PubMed ID: 20398635	2010
The lighter side of BDNF. American journal of physiology. Regulatory, integrative and comparative physiology\| PubMed ID: 21346243	2011
The molecular and cellular basis of variable craniofacial phenotypes and their genetic rescue in Twisted gastrulation mutant mice. Developmental biology\| PubMed ID: 21549111	2011
Glycosylation of Twisted Gastrulation is Required for BMP Binding and Activity during Craniofacial Development. Frontiers in physiology\| PubMed ID: 21941513	2011
Exenatide as a weight-loss therapy in extreme pediatric obesity: a randomized, controlled pilot study. Obesity (Silver Spring, Md.)\| PubMed ID: 22076596	2012
Neuropeptides controlling energy balance: orexins and neuromedins. Handbook of experimental pharmacology\| PubMed ID: 22249811	2012
Sleep and obesity: a focus on animal models. Neuroscience and biobehavioral reviews\| PubMed ID: 22266350	2012
Orexin A decreases lipid peroxidation and apoptosis in a novel hypothalamic cell model. Neuroscience letters\| PubMed ID: 22796468	2012
The EMPOWER study: randomized, prospective, double-blind, multicenter trial of vagal blockade to induce weight loss in morbid obesity. Obesity surgery\| PubMed ID: 22956251	2012
Maternal diet supplementation with methyl donors and increased parity affect the incidence of craniofacial defects in the offspring of twisted gastrulation mutant mice. The Journal of nutrition\| PubMed ID: 23343680	2013
High and low activity rats: elevated intrinsic physical activity drives resistance to diet-induced obesity in non-bred rats. Obesity (Silver Spring, Md.)\| PubMed ID: 23404834	2013
Partial sleep deprivation by environmental noise increases food intake and body weight in obesity-resistant rats. Obesity (Silver Spring, Md.)\| PubMed ID: 23666828	2013
Roux-en-Y gastric bypass vs intensive medical management for the control of type 2 diabetes, hypertension, and hyperlipidemia: the Diabetes Surgery Study randomized clinical trial. JAMA : the journal of the American Medical Association\| PubMed ID: 23736733	2013
Orexin modulation of adipose tissue. Biochimica et biophysica acta\| PubMed ID: 23791983	2014
Orexin: pathways to obesity resistance? Reviews in endocrine & metabolic disorders\| PubMed ID: 24005942	2013
Role of the locus coeruleus in enhanced orexin A-induced spontaneous physical activity in obesity-resistant rats. American journal of physiology. Regulatory, integrative and comparative physiology\| PubMed ID: 24089383	2013
Methodological considerations for measuring spontaneous physical activity in rodents. American journal of physiology. Regulatory, integrative and comparative physiology\| PubMed ID: 24598463	2014