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Maria Barnes, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor- Research
Department/Laboratory:
Nutrition and Neural Signaling
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Phone:
(225) 763-0907
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Fax:
(225) 763-2525 |
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EDUCATION
Ph.D., Wayne State University, Nutrition and Food Science, 2003
M.S., Wayne State University, Physiology, 2001
B.S., Stillman College, Biology, 1995
RESEARCH INTERESTS
1. Neuroscience
2. Diet induced obesity
3. Obesity induced hypertension
4. Thermogenesis
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS
Barnes M.J., Argyropoulos G., Bray G.A. (2010) Preference for a high fat diet, but not hyperphagia following activation of mu opioid receptors is blocked in AgRP knockout mice. Brain Research 1317:100- 107. PMCID: 20051234
Barnes M.J., Rogers R.C., VanMeter M.J., Hermann G.E. (2010) Co-localization of TRHR1 and LepRb receptors on neurons in the hindbrain of the rat. Brain Research 1355:70-85. PMCID: 20691166
White C.L., Whittington A., Barnes M.J., Wang Z., Bray G.A., Morrison C.D. (2009) HF diets increase hypothalamic PTP1B and induce lepting resistance through both leptin-dependent and –independent mechanisms. Am J Physiol Endocrinol Metab 296(2):E291-9. PMCID: 2645015
Rogers R.C., Barnes M.J., Hermann G.E. (2009) Leptin “gates” thermogenic action of thyrotropin-releasing hormone in the hindbrain. Brain Research 1295:135-141. PMCID: 19643094
Barnes M.J., Primeaux S.D., Bray G.A. (2008) Food deprivation increases the mRNA expression of {micro} –opioid receptors in the ventral medial hypothalamus and arcuate nucleus Am J Physiol Regul Integr Comp Physiol 295(5):R1385-1390. PMCID: 18768770
Barnes M.J., Holmes G., Primeaux S.D., York D.A., Bray G.A. (2006) Increased expression of mu opioid receptors in animals susceptible to diet-induced obesity Peptides 27(12):3292-3298. PMCID: 16996647
Hermann G.E., Barnes M.J. and Rogers R.C. (2006) Leptin and Thyrotropin Releasing Hormone: Cooperative action in the brainstem to activate brown adipose thermogenesis. Brain Research 1117(1):118-124. PMCID: 16956588
Barnes M.J., Jen K.L., Dunbar J.C. (2004). The effect of CNS opioid on autonomic nervous and cardiovascular responses in diet-induced obese rats. Peptides 25:71-79. PMCID: 15003358
Barnes M.J., Lapanowski K., Conley A., Rafols J.A., Jen K.L., Dunbar J.C. (2003). High fat feeding is associated with increased blood pressure, sympathetic nerve activity, and hypothalamic mu opioid receptors. Brain Research Bulletin 61(5):54-59. PMCID: 13679250
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