C029 – Neurobesity

Objectives and lines of research

Objectives

Hypothalamic regulation of energy balance.

 

Lines of research

  • Hypothalamic regulation of energy balance
  • Effects of cancer cachexia on metabolism
  • Central control of rheumatoid arthritis
  • Regulation of neonatal thermogenesis
Research team
Leader
López Pérez, Miguel

 

Members
Capelli, Valentina
Dragano, Nathalia
Férnandez González, Iara
Fernández Sanmartín, Paola
Freire Agulleiro, Óscar
Liñares Pose, Laura
Milbank, Edward
Ríos García, Marcos
Rivas Limeres, Verónica
Rodríguez Díaz, Amanda
Silveira Loureiro, María

External Collaborator Staff
Estevez Salguero, Ánxela María
Projects

Publications
  • González-Garcia I … López M (6/6) (2022). An updated view on human neonatal thermogenesis. Nature Reviews Endocrinology (in press). (Corresponding author). IF: 43.33. Key: E (by invitation). doi: 10.1038/s41574-022-00642-1
  • Seoane-Collazo P … López M (14/14) (2022). Activation of hypothalamic AMPK ameliorates metabolic complications of experimental arthritis. Arthritis & Rheumatology 74:212-222. (Corresponding author). IF: 10.995. Key: A. doi: 10.1002/art.41950
  • Milbank E … López M (30/30) (2021). Small extracellular vesicle-mediated targeting of hypothalamic AMPKα corrects obesity through BAT activation. Nature Metabolism 3:1415-1431. (Corresponding author). IF: 13.511. Key: A.  doi: 10.1038/s42255-021-00467-8
  • Urisarri A … López M (15/15) (2021). BMP8 and activated BAT in human newborns. Nature Communications 12:5274. (Corresponding author). IF: 14.919. Key: A.  doi: 10.1038/s41467-021-25456-z
  • Seoane-Collazo P … López M (22/22) (2019). Central nicotine induces browning through hypothalamic K-opioid receptor. Nature Communications 10:4037. (Corresponding author). IF: 11.880. Key: A. doi: 10.1038/s41467-019-12004-z

Lead researcher