Karolina P Skibicka

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Affiliation: University of Pennsylvania
Country: USA

Publications

  1. ncbi Energetic responses are triggered by caudal brainstem melanocortin receptor stimulation and mediated by local sympathetic effector circuits
    Karolina P Skibicka
    Graduate Group of Psychology and Graduate Group of Neuroscience, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA
    Endocrinology 149:3605-16. 2008
  2. ncbi Hindbrain leptin stimulation induces anorexia and hyperthermia mediated by hindbrain melanocortin receptors
    Karolina P Skibicka
    Graduate Group of Psychology and Graduate Group of Neuroscience, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104, USA
    Endocrinology 150:1705-11. 2009
  3. ncbi Hindbrain cocaine- and amphetamine-regulated transcript induces hypothermia mediated by GLP-1 receptors
    Karolina P Skibicka
    Graduate Group of Psychology, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104, USA
    J Neurosci 29:6973-81. 2009
  4. ncbi Hypothalamic and hindbrain melanocortin receptors contribute to the feeding, thermogenic, and cardiovascular action of melanocortins
    Karolina P Skibicka
    Graduate Group of Psychology and Graduate Group of Neuroscience, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104, USA
    Endocrinology 150:5351-61. 2009
  5. ncbi Caudal brainstem processing is sufficient for behavioral, sympathetic, and parasympathetic responses driven by peripheral and hindbrain glucagon-like-peptide-1 receptor stimulation
    Matthew R Hayes
    Graduate Groups of Psychology and Neuroscience, University of Pennsylvania, 3720 Walnut Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104, USA
    Endocrinology 149:4059-68. 2008
  6. ncbi Dorsal hindbrain 5'-adenosine monophosphate-activated protein kinase as an intracellular mediator of energy balance
    Matthew R Hayes
    Graduate Group of Psychology, University of Pennsylvania, 3720 Walnut Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104, USA
    Endocrinology 150:2175-82. 2009
  7. ncbi Deficiency of PTP1B in POMC neurons leads to alterations in energy balance and homeostatic response to cold exposure
    Bart C De Jonghe
    Department of Animal Biology, School of Veterinary Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA
    Am J Physiol Endocrinol Metab 300:E1002-11. 2011
  8. ncbi Endogenous leptin signaling in the caudal nucleus tractus solitarius and area postrema is required for energy balance regulation
    Matthew R Hayes
    University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, 19104, USA
    Cell Metab 11:77-83. 2010
  9. ncbi Imaging obesity: fMRI, food reward, and feeding
    Harvey J Grill
    Graduate Group of Psychology and Graduate Group of Neuroscience, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA
    Cell Metab 6:423-5. 2007

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Publications9

  1. ncbi Energetic responses are triggered by caudal brainstem melanocortin receptor stimulation and mediated by local sympathetic effector circuits
    Karolina P Skibicka
    Graduate Group of Psychology and Graduate Group of Neuroscience, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA
    Endocrinology 149:3605-16. 2008
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  2. ncbi Hindbrain leptin stimulation induces anorexia and hyperthermia mediated by hindbrain melanocortin receptors
    Karolina P Skibicka
    Graduate Group of Psychology and Graduate Group of Neuroscience, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104, USA
    Endocrinology 150:1705-11. 2009
    ....
  3. ncbi Hindbrain cocaine- and amphetamine-regulated transcript induces hypothermia mediated by GLP-1 receptors
    Karolina P Skibicka
    Graduate Group of Psychology, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104, USA
    J Neurosci 29:6973-81. 2009
    ..Data reveal a novel function of CART in temperature regulation and open possibilities for future studies on the clinical potential of the hypothermic effect...
  4. ncbi Hypothalamic and hindbrain melanocortin receptors contribute to the feeding, thermogenic, and cardiovascular action of melanocortins
    Karolina P Skibicka
    Graduate Group of Psychology and Graduate Group of Neuroscience, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104, USA
    Endocrinology 150:5351-61. 2009
    ..Data are consistent with the view that energetic and feeding responses are not controlled by regionally divergent MC3/4Rs and can be elicited from multiple, anatomically distributed MC3/4R populations...
  5. ncbi Caudal brainstem processing is sufficient for behavioral, sympathetic, and parasympathetic responses driven by peripheral and hindbrain glucagon-like-peptide-1 receptor stimulation
    Matthew R Hayes
    Graduate Groups of Psychology and Neuroscience, University of Pennsylvania, 3720 Walnut Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104, USA
    Endocrinology 149:4059-68. 2008
    ..Contrary to the literature, hypothalamic/forebrain processing and forebrain-caudal brainstem communication is not required for the observed responses...
  6. ncbi Dorsal hindbrain 5'-adenosine monophosphate-activated protein kinase as an intracellular mediator of energy balance
    Matthew R Hayes
    Graduate Group of Psychology, University of Pennsylvania, 3720 Walnut Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104, USA
    Endocrinology 150:2175-82. 2009
    ....
  7. ncbi Deficiency of PTP1B in POMC neurons leads to alterations in energy balance and homeostatic response to cold exposure
    Bart C De Jonghe
    Department of Animal Biology, School of Veterinary Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA
    Am J Physiol Endocrinol Metab 300:E1002-11. 2011
    ..These data show that PTP1B in POMC neurons plays a role in short-term cold-induced reduction of SPA and may influence cold-induced thermogenesis via enhanced activation of the thyroid axis...
  8. ncbi Endogenous leptin signaling in the caudal nucleus tractus solitarius and area postrema is required for energy balance regulation
    Matthew R Hayes
    University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, 19104, USA
    Cell Metab 11:77-83. 2010
    ..Overall these findings demonstrate that LepRs in mNTS and AP neurons are required for normal energy balance control...
  9. ncbi Imaging obesity: fMRI, food reward, and feeding
    Harvey J Grill
    Graduate Group of Psychology and Graduate Group of Neuroscience, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA
    Cell Metab 6:423-5. 2007
    ..Recent papers by Batterham et al. (2007) and Farooqi et al. (2007) link peptide YY(3-36) and leptin to the activation of nonhomeostatic brain regions...