Dr. Jeffrey M Zigman MD PHD
Endocrinology-Diabetes | Endocrinology, Diabetes & Metabolism
5323 Harry Hines Blvd Dallas TX, 75390Rating
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Dr. Jeffrey Zigman practices Endocrinology in Dallas, TX. Dr. Zigman specializes in preventing, diagnosing, and treating diseases related to hormone imbalance, and the bodys glands in the endocrine system. Endocrinologists are trained and certified to treat a variety of conditions, including menopause, diabetes, infertility, and thyroid disorders, among many others. Dr. Zigman examines patients, determines means of testing, diagnoses, and decides the best treatment methods.
Education and Training
U Of Chgo Div Of Bio Sci Pritzker Sch Of Med 1993
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Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Central serotonin and melanocortin pathways regulating energy homeostasis.
- Minireview: From anorexia to obesity--the yin and yang of body weight control.
- Mice lacking ghrelin receptors resist the development of diet-induced obesity.
- In search of an effective obesity treatment: a shot in the dark or a shot in the arm?
- Estradiol-dependent decrease in the orexigenic potency of ghrelin in female rats.
- Central nervous system regulation of energy metabolism: ghrelin versus leptin.
- The orexigenic hormone ghrelin defends against depressive symptoms of chronic stress.
- 5-HT2CRs expressed by pro-opiomelanocortin neurons regulate energy homeostasis.
- Monitoring FoxO1 localization in chemically identified neurons.
- Ghrelin induces abdominal obesity via GHS-R-dependent lipid retention.
- Characterization of a novel ghrelin cell reporter mouse.
- Colocalization of ghrelin O-acyltransferase and ghrelin in gastric mucosal cells.
- Ghrelin increases the rewarding value of high-fat diet in an orexin-dependent manner.
- Chronic social defeat stress disrupts regulation of lipid synthesis.
- Direct insulin and leptin action on pro-opiomelanocortin neurons is required for normal glucose homeostasis and fertility.
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UT Southwestern Medical Center
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