Allen S Levine

2023

Ultra-processed foods: Processing versus formulation

Levine, A. S. & Ubbink, J., Aug 2023, In: Obesity Science and Practice. 9, 4, p. 435-439 5 p.

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3 Scopus citations

2022

Behavioral plasticity: Role of neuropeptides in shaping feeding responses

Levine, A. S., Jewett, D. C., Kotz, C. M. & Olszewski, P. K., Jul 1 2022, In: Appetite. 174, 106031.

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2019

Effect of oxytocin on hunger discrimination

Head, M. A., Jewett, D. C., Gartner, S. N., Klockars, A., Levine, A. S. & Olszewski, P. K., 2019, In: Frontiers in Endocrinology. 10, MAY, 297.

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Open Access

16 Scopus citations

Palatability of goat’s versus cow’s milk: Insights from the analysis of eating behavior and gene expression in the appetite-relevant brain circuit in laboratory animal models

Klockars, A., Wood, E. L., Gartner, S. N., McColl, L. K., Levine, A. S., Carpenter, E. A., Prosser, C. G. & Olszewski, P. K., Apr 2019, In: Nutrients. 11, 4, 720.

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Open Access

5 Scopus citations

Problematic Eating Behaviors Are More Prevalent in African American Women Who Are Overweight or Obese Than African American Women Who Are Lean or Normal Weight

Opichka, K., Smith, C. & Levine, A. S., Apr 1 2019, In: Family and Community Health. 42, 2, p. 81-89 9 p.

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18 Scopus citations

2018

Identification of central mechanisms underlying anorexigenic effects of intraperitoneal l -tryptophan

Gartner, S. N., Klockars, A., Prosser, C., Carpenter, E. A., Levine, A. S. & Olszewski, P. K., Oct 17 2018, In: Neuroreport. 29, 15, p. 1293-1300 8 p.

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4 Scopus citations

Intragastric preloads of L-tryptophan reduce ingestive behavior via oxytocinergic neural mechanisms in male mice

Gartner, S. N., Aidney, F., Klockars, A., Prosser, C., Carpenter, E. A., Isgrove, K., Levine, A. S. & Olszewski, P. K., Jun 1 2018, In: Appetite. 125, p. 278-286 9 p.

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20 Scopus citations

Oxytocin administration in the basolateral and central nuclei of amygdala moderately suppresses food intake

Klockars, O. A., Klockars, A., Levine, A. S. & Olszewski, P. K., 2018, In: Neuroreport. 29, 6, p. 504-510 7 p.

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27 Scopus citations

2017

Intravenous administration of oxytocin in rats acutely decreases deprivation-induced chow intake, but it fails to affect consumption of palatable solutions

Klockars, A., Brunton, C., Li, L., Levine, A. S. & Olszewski, P. K., Jul 2017, In: Peptides. 93, p. 13-19 7 p.

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19 Scopus citations

Neural basis of ventromedial hypothalamic oxytocin-driven decrease in appetite

Klockars, O. A., Waas, J. R., Klockars, A., Levine, A. S. & Olszewski, P. K., Dec 16 2017, In: Neuroscience. 366, p. 54-61 8 p.

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22 Scopus citations

Stigma experienced by children and adolescents with obesity

SECTION ON OBESITY, THE OBESITY SOCIETY, Dec 2017, In: Pediatrics. 140, 6, e20173034.

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312 Scopus citations

2016

Basic research on appetite regulation: Social context of a meal is missing

Olszewski, P. K. & Levine, A. S., Sep 1 2016, In: Pharmacology Biochemistry and Behavior. 148, p. 106-107 2 p.

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5 Scopus citations

Central oxytocin receptor stimulation attenuates the orexigenic effects of butorphanol tartrate

Olszewski, P. K., Klockars, O. A., Klockars, A. & Levine, A. S., Sep 1 2016, In: Neuroreport. 27, 14, p. 1012-1017 6 p.

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6 Scopus citations

Oxytocin Acting in the Nucleus Accumbens Core Decreases Food Intake

Herisson, F. M., Waas, J. R., Fredriksson, R., Schiöth, H. B., Levine, A. S. & Olszewski, P. K., Apr 1 2016, In: Journal of Neuroendocrinology. 28, 4

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77 Scopus citations

2015

Effect of oxytocin receptor blockade on appetite for sugar is modified by social context

Olszewski, P. K., Allen, K. & Levine, A. S., Mar 1 2015, In: Appetite. 86, p. 81-87 7 p.

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30 Scopus citations

2014

A non-peptide oxytocin receptor agonist, WAY-267,464, alleviates novelty-induced hypophagia in mice: Insights into changes in c-Fos immunoreactivity

Olszewski, P. K., Ulrich, C., Ling, N., Allen, K. & Levine, A. S., Sep 2014, In: Pharmacology Biochemistry and Behavior. 124, p. 367-372 6 p.

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20 Scopus citations

Exposure to a high-fat high-sugar diet causes strong up-regulation of proopiomelanocortin and differentially affects dopamine D1 and D2 receptor gene expression in the brainstem of rats

Alsiö, J., Rask-Andersen, M., Chavan, R. A., Olszewski, P. K., Levine, A. S., Fredriksson, R. & Schiöth, H. B., Jan 24 2014, In: Neuroscience Letters. 559, p. 18-23 6 p.

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12 Scopus citations

Functional relationship between oxytocin and appetite for carbohydrates versus saccharin

Herisson, F. M., Brooks, L. L., Waas, J. R., Levine, A. S. & Olszewski, P. K., Aug 20 2014, In: Neuroreport. 25, 12, p. 909-914 6 p.

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44 Scopus citations

Synthesis, biophysical, and pharmacological evaluation of the melanocortin agonist AST3-88: Modifications of peptide backbone at Trp 7 position lead to a potent, selective, and stable ligand of the melanocortin 4 receptor (MC4R)

Singh, A., Dirain, M. L., Wilczynski, A., Chen, C., Gosnell, B. A., Levine, A. S., Edison, A. S. & Haskell-Luevano, C., Oct 15 2014, In: ACS Chemical Neuroscience. 5, 10, p. 1020-1031 12 p.

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12 Scopus citations

2013

Oxytocin receptor blockade reduces acquisition but not retrieval of taste aversion and blunts responsiveness of amygdala neurons to an aversive stimulus

Olszewski, P. K., Waas, J. R., Brooks, L. L., Herisson, F. & Levine, A. S., 2013, In: Peptides. 50, p. 36-41 6 p.

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28 Scopus citations

2012

Effects of butorphanol on feeding and neuropeptide y in the rat

Mitra, A., Kotz, C. M., Kim, E. M., Grace, M. K., Kuskowski, M. A., Billington, C. J. & Levine, A. S., Jan 2012, In: Pharmacology Biochemistry and Behavior. 100, 3, p. 575-580 6 p.

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2 Scopus citations

Expression levels of genes encoding melanin concentrating hormone (MCH) and MCH receptor change in taste aversion, but MCH injections do not alleviate aversive responses

Mitra, A., Klockars, A., Gosnell, B. A., Le Grevès, M., Olszewski, P. K., Levine, A. S. & Schiöth, H. B., Jan 2012, In: Pharmacology Biochemistry and Behavior. 100, 3, p. 581-586 6 p.

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9 Scopus citations

Neurobeachin, a regulator of synaptic protein targeting, is associated with body fat mass and feeding behavior in mice and body-mass index in humans

Olszewski, P. K., Rozman, J., Jacobsson, J. A., Rathkolb, B., Strömberg, S., Hans, W., Klockars, A., Alsiö, J., Risérus, U., Becker, L., Hölter, S. M., Elvert, R., Ehrhardt, N., Gailus-Durner, V., Fuchs, H., Fredriksson, R., Wolf, E., Klopstock, T., Wurst, W., Levine, A. S., & 5 othersMarcus, C., de Angelis, M. H., Klingenspor, M., Schiöth, H. B. & Kilimann, M. W., Mar 2012, In: PLoS genetics. 8, 3, e1002568.

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32 Scopus citations

2011

Comprehensive analysis of localization of 78 solute carrier genes throughout the subsections of the rat gastrointestinal tract

Cedernaes, J., Olszewski, P. K., Almén, M. S., Stephansson, O., Levine, A. S., Fredriksson, R., Nylander, O. & Schiöth, H. B., Aug 12 2011, In: Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications. 411, 4, p. 702-707 6 p.

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17 Scopus citations

Fto colocalizes with a satiety mediator oxytocin in the brain and upregulates oxytocin gene expression

Olszewski, P. K., Fredriksson, R., Eriksson, J. D., Mitra, A., Radomska, K. J., Gosnell, B. A., Solvang, M. N., Levine, A. S. & Schiöth, H. B., May 13 2011, In: Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications. 408, 3, p. 422-426 5 p.

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14 Scopus citations

Fto immunoreactivity is widespread in the rodent brain and abundant in feeding-related sites, but the number of Fto-positive cells is not affected by changes in energy balance

Olszewski, P. K., Radomska, K. J., Ghimire, K., Klockars, A., Ingman, C., Olszewska, A. M., Fredriksson, R., Levine, A. S. & Schiöth, H. B., May 3 2011, In: Physiology and Behavior. 103, 2, p. 248-253 6 p.

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15 Scopus citations

Functional coupling analysis suggests link between the obesity gene FTO and the BDNF-NTRK2 signaling pathway

Rask-Andersen, M., Almén, M. S., Olausen, H. R., Olszewski, P. K., Eriksson, J., Chavan, R. A., Levine, A. S., Fredriksson, R. & Schiöth, H. B., Nov 16 2011, In: BMC neuroscience. 12, 117.

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13 Scopus citations

Opioids as facilitators of feeding: Can any food be rewarding?

Olszewski, P. K., Alsiö, J., Schiöth, H. B. & Levine, A. S., Jul 25 2011, In: Physiology and Behavior. 104, 1, p. 105-110 6 p.

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37 Scopus citations

2010

Brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) in the hypothalamic ventromedial nucleus increases energy expenditure

Wang, C., Bomberg, E. M., Billington, C. J., Levine, A. S. & Kotz, C. M., Jun 8 2010, In: Brain Research. 1336, p. 66-77 12 p.

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74 Scopus citations

Central nociceptin/orphanin FQ system elevates food consumption by both increasing energy intake and reducing aversive responsiveness

Olszewski, P. K., Grace, M. K., Fard, S. S., Le Grevès, F. M., Klockars, A., Massi, M., Schiöth, H. B. & Levine, A. S., Aug 2010, In: American Journal of Physiology - Regulatory Integrative and Comparative Physiology. 299, 2, p. R655-R663

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29 Scopus citations

Chronic sugar intake dampens feeding-related activity of neurons synthesizing a satiety mediator, oxytocin

Mitra, A., Gosnell, B. A., Schiöth, H. B., Grace, M. K., Klockars, A., Olszewski, P. K. & Levine, A. S., Jul 2010, In: Peptides. 31, 7, p. 1346-1352 7 p.

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51 Scopus citations

Dopamine D1 receptor gene expression decreases in the nucleus accumbens upon long-term exposure to palatable food and differs depending on diet-induced obesity phenotype in rats

Alsiö, J., Olszewski, P. K., Norbäck, A. H., Gunnarsson, Z. E. A., Levine, A. S., Pickering, C. & Schiöth, H. B., Dec 15 2010, In: Neuroscience. 171, 3, p. 779-787 9 p.

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137 Scopus citations

Glutamate, aspartate and nucleotide transporters in the SLC17 family form four main phylogenetic clusters: Evolution and tissue expression

Sreedharan, S., Shaik, J. H. A., Olszewski, P. K., Levine, A. S., Schiöth, H. B. & Fredriksson, R., Jan 8 2010, In: BMC Genomics. 11, 1, 17.

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46 Scopus citations

Molecular, immunohistochemical, and pharmacological evidence of oxytocin's role as inhibitor of carbohydrate but not fat intake

Olszewski, P. K., Klockars, A., Olszewska, A. M., Fredriksson, R., Schiöth, H. B. & Levine, A. S., Oct 2010, In: Endocrinology. 151, 10, p. 4736-4744 9 p.

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94 Scopus citations

Operant responding for sucrose by rats bred for high or low saccharin consumption

Gosnell, B. A., Mitra, A., Avant, R. A., Anker, J. J., Carroll, M. E. & Levine, A. S., Mar 30 2010, In: Physiology and Behavior. 99, 4, p. 529-533 5 p.

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29 Scopus citations

The obesity gene, TMEM18, is of ancient origin, found in majority of neuronal cells in all major brain regions and associated with obesity in severely obese children

Almén, M. S., Jacobsson, J. A., Shaik, J. H. A., Olszewski, P. K., Cedernaes, J., Alsiö, J., Sreedharan, S., Levine, A. S., Fredriksson, R., Marcus, C. & Schiöth, H. B., Apr 9 2010, In: BMC medical genetics. 11, 1, 58.

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60 Scopus citations

2009

Amygdalar opioids modulate hypothalamic melanocortin-induced anorexia

Beckman, T. R., Shi, Q., Levine, A. S. & Billington, C. J., Mar 23 2009, In: Physiology and Behavior. 96, 4-5, p. 568-573 6 p.

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31 Scopus citations

Complexity of neural mechanisms underlying overconsumption of sugar in scheduled feeding: Involvement of opioids, orexin, oxytocin and NPY

Olszewski, P. K., Shaw, T. J., Grace, M. K., Höglund, C. E., Fredriksson, R., Schiöth, H. B. & Levine, A. S., Feb 2009, In: Peptides. 30, 2, p. 226-233 8 p.

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59 Scopus citations

Effects of sibutramine and rimonabant in rats trained to discriminate between 22- and 2-h food deprivation

Jewett, D. C., Hahn, T. W., Smith, T. R., Fiksdal, B. L., Wiebelhaus, J. M., Dunbar, A. R., Filtz, C. R., Novinska, N. L. & Levine, A. S., Apr 2009, In: Psychopharmacology. 203, 2, p. 453-459 7 p.

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11 Scopus citations

Hypothalamic FTO is associated with the regulation of energy intake not feeding reward

Olszewski, P. K., Fredriksson, R., Olszewska, A. M., Stephansson, O., Alsiö, J., Radomska, K. J., Levine, A. S. & Schiöth, H. B., Oct 27 2009, In: BMC neuroscience. 10, p. 129 1 p., 129.

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100 Scopus citations

Inverse association of high-fat diet preference and anxiety-like behavior: A putative role for urocortin 2

Alsiö, J., Roman, E., Olszewski, P. K., Jonsson, P., Fredriksson, R., Levine, A. S., Meyerson, B. J., Hulting, A. L., Lindblom, J. & Schiöth, H. B., Mar 2009, In: Genes, Brain and Behavior. 8, 2, p. 193-202 10 p.

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31 Scopus citations

Military experience strongly influences post-service eating behavior and BMI status in American veterans

Smith, C., Klosterbuer, A. & Levine, A. S., Apr 2009, In: Appetite. 52, 2, p. 280-289 10 p.

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42 Scopus citations

Reward systems and food intake: Role of opioids

Gosnell, B. A. & Levine, A. S., Jun 2009, In: International Journal of Obesity. 33, p. S54-S58

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137 Scopus citations

2008

The obesity gene, FTO, is of ancient origin, up-regulated during food deprivation and expressed in neurons of feeding-related nuclei of the brain

Fredriksson, R., Hägglund, M., Olszewski, P. K., Stephansson, O., Jacobsson, J. A., Olszewska, A. M., Levine, A. S., Lindblom, J. & Schiöth, H. B., May 2008, In: Endocrinology. 149, 5, p. 2062-2071 10 p.

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