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Martin CT, Primeaux SD. The hypothalamic neuropeptide, QRFP, regulates high fat diet intake in female Long-Evans rats following ovariectomy. Peptides. 2023 Apr;162:170960. doi: 10.1016/j.peptides.2023.170960. Epub 2023 Jan 21. PubMed PMID: 36690209; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC9992330.
Rosen EM, Primeaux SD, Simon L, Welsh DA, Molina PE, Ferguson TF. Associations of Binge Drinking and Heavy Alcohol Use on Sugar and Fat Intake in a Cohort of Southern People Living with HIV. Alcohol Alcohol. 2022 Mar 12;57(2):226-233. doi: 10.1093/alcalc/agab066. PubMed PMID: 34611697; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC8919410.
Bourgeois BL, Lin HY, Yeh AY, Levitt DE, Primeaux SD, Ferguson TF, Molina PE, Simon L. Unique circulating microRNA associations with dysglycemia in people living with HIV and alcohol use. Physiol Genomics. 2022 Jan 1;54(1):36-44. doi: 10.1152/physiolgenomics.00085.2021. Epub 2021 Dec 3. PubMed PMID: 34859690; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC8891241.
Levitt DE, Ferguson TF, Primeaux SD, Zavala JA, Ahmed J, Marshall RH, Simon L, Molina PE. Skeletal muscle bioenergetic health and function in people living with HIV: association with glucose tolerance and alcohol use. Am J Physiol Regul Integr Comp Physiol. 2021 Nov 1;321(5):R781-R790. doi: 10.1152/ajpregu.00197.2021. Epub 2021 Sep 29. PubMed PMID: 34585616; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC8616628.
Primeaux SD, Simon L, Ferguson TF, Levitt DE, Brashear MM, Yeh A, Molina PE. Alcohol use and dysglycemia among people living with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) in the Alcohol & Metabolic Comorbidities in PLWH: Evidence Driven Interventions (ALIVE-Ex) study. Alcohol Clin Exp Res. 2021 Sep;45(9):1735-1746. doi: 10.1111/acer.14667. Epub 2021 Aug 2. PubMed PMID: 34342022; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC8547613.
Poret JM, Gaudet DA, Braymer HD, Primeaux SD. Sex differences in markers of metabolic syndrome and adipose tissue inflammation in obesity-prone, Osborne-Mendel and obesity-resistant, S5B/Pl rats. Life Sci. 2021 May 15;273:119290. doi: 10.1016/j.lfs.2021.119290. Epub 2021 Mar 1. PubMed PMID: 33662430; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC9594853.
Schreiber A, Braymer HD, Primeaux SD. Transection of Gustatory Nerves Differentially Affects Dietary Fat Intake in Obesity-Prone and Obesity-Resistant Rats. Chem Senses. 2020 Oct 9;45(7):541-548. doi: 10.1093/chemse/bjaa053. PubMed PMID: 32766712; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC7545249.
Simon L, Ferguson TF, Vande Stouwe C, Brashear MM, Primeaux SD, Theall KP, Welsh DA, Molina PE. Prevalence of Insulin Resistance in Adults Living with HIV: Implications of Alcohol Use. AIDS Res Hum Retroviruses. 2020 Sep;36(9):742-752. doi: 10.1089/AID.2020.0029. Epub 2020 Jun 22. PubMed PMID: 32449647; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC7482115.
Michaelides M, Miller ML, Egervari G, Primeaux SD, Gomez JL, Ellis RJ, Landry JA, Szutorisz H, Hoffman AF, Lupica CR, Loos RJF, Thanos PK, Bray GA, Neumaier JF, Zachariou V, Wang GJ, Volkow ND, Hurd YL. Striatal Rgs4 regulates feeding and susceptibility to diet-induced obesity. Mol Psychiatry. 2020 Sep;25(9):2058-2069. doi: 10.1038/s41380-018-0120-7. Epub 2018 Jun 28. PubMed PMID: 29955167; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC6310669.
Gaudet DA, El-Desoky D, Poret JM, Braymer HD, Primeaux SD. Expression of neural markers of gustatory signaling are differentially altered by continuous and intermittent feeding patterns. Physiol Behav. 2019 Dec 1;212:112719. doi: 10.1016/j.physbeh.2019.112719. Epub 2019 Oct 18. PubMed PMID: 31634524; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC6897321.
Allerton TD, Irving BA, Spielmann G, Primeaux S, Landin D, Nelson A, Johannsen NM. Metabolic flexibility is impaired in response to acute exercise in the young offspring of mothers with type 2 diabetes. Physiol Rep. 2019 Sep;7(17):e14189. doi: 10.14814/phy2.14189. PubMed PMID: 31496022; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC6732566.
Poret JM, Battle C, Mouton AJ, Gaudet DA, Souza-Smith F, Gardner JD, Braymer HD, Harrison-Bernard L, Primeaux SD. The prevalence of cardio-metabolic risk factors is differentially elevated in obesity-prone Osborne-Mendel and obesity-resistant S5B/Pl rats. Life Sci. 2019 Apr 15;223:95-101. doi: 10.1016/j.lfs.2019.03.022. Epub 2019 Mar 11. PubMed PMID: 30872180; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC6461046.
Poret JM, Souza-Smith F, Marcell SJ, Gaudet DA, Tzeng TH, Braymer HD, Harrison-Bernard LM, Primeaux SD. High fat diet consumption differentially affects adipose tissue inflammation and adipocyte size in obesity-prone and obesity-resistant rats. Int J Obes (Lond). 2018 Mar;42(3):535-541. doi: 10.1038/ijo.2017.280. Epub 2017 Nov 20. PubMed PMID: 29151595; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC5876080.
Leprince J, Bagnol D, Bureau R, Fukusumi S, Granata R, Hinuma S, Larhammar D, Primeaux S, Sopkova-de Oliveiras Santos J, Tsutsui K, Ukena K, Vaudry H. The Arg-Phe-amide peptide 26RFa/glutamine RF-amide peptide and its receptor: IUPHAR Review 24. Br J Pharmacol. 2017 Oct;174(20):3573-3607. doi: 10.1111/bph.13907. Epub 2017 Sep 8. Review. PubMed PMID: 28613414; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC5610166.
Douglas Braymer H, Zachary H, Schreiber AL, Primeaux SD. Lingual CD36 and nutritional status differentially regulate fat preference in obesity-prone and obesity-resistant rats. Physiol Behav. 2017 May 15;174:120-127. doi: 10.1016/j.physbeh.2017.03.015. Epub 2017 Mar 14. PubMed PMID: 28302572; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC5448558.
Schreiber AL, Arceneaux KP 3rd, Malbrue RA, Mouton AJ, Chen CS, Bench EM, Braymer HD, Primeaux SD. The effects of high fat diet and estradiol on hypothalamic prepro-QRFP mRNA expression in female rats. Neuropeptides. 2016 Aug;58:103-9. doi: 10.1016/j.npep.2016.01.004. Epub 2016 Jan 26. PubMed PMID: 26823127; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC4960001.
Primeaux SD, de Silva T, Tzeng TH, Chiang MC, Hsia DS. Recent advances in the modification of taste and food preferences following bariatric surgery. Rev Endocr Metab Disord. 2016 Jun;17(2):195-207. doi: 10.1007/s11154-016-9365-0. Review. PubMed PMID: 27245858.
Allerton TD, Primeaux SD. High-fat diet differentially regulates metabolic parameters in obesity-resistant S5B/Pl rats and obesity-prone Osborne-Mendel rats. Can J Physiol Pharmacol. 2016 Feb;94(2):206-215. doi: 10.1139/cjpp-2015-0141. Epub 2015 Aug 14. PubMed PMID: 26641537; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC9592222.
Primeaux SD, Tzeng TH, Allerton TD, Chiang MC, Cosentino G, Dubin RL, Varughese A, Moore R, Geiselman PJ, Greenway FL, Uwaifo GI. Differences in short-term food preferences following vertical sleeve gastrectomy and Roux-en-Y gastric bypass surgery. Obes Res Clin Pract. 2015 Nov-Dec;9(6):628-32. doi: 10.1016/j.orcp.2015.09.003. Epub 2015 Sep 19. PubMed PMID: 26388138.
Liu AG, Arceneaux KP 3rd, Chu JT, Jacob G Jr, Schreiber AL, Tipton RC, Yu Y, Johnson WD, Greenway FL, Primeaux SD. The effect of caffeine and albuterol on body composition and metabolic rate. Obesity (Silver Spring). 2015 Sep;23(9):1830-5. doi: 10.1002/oby.21163. Epub 2015 Aug 4. PubMed PMID: 26239482; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC4551658.
Allerton TD, Primeaux SD. QRFP-26 enhances insulin's effects on glucose uptake in rat skeletal muscle cells. Peptides. 2015 Jul;69:77-9. doi: 10.1016/j.peptides.2015.04.006. Epub 2015 Apr 18. PubMed PMID: 25895849; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC4450107.
Ammon BS, Bellanger DE, Geiselman PJ, Primeaux SD, Yu Y, Greenway FL. Short-term pilot study of the effect of sleeve gastrectomy on food preference. Obes Surg. 2015 Jun;25(6):1094-7. doi: 10.1007/s11695-015-1602-1. PubMed PMID: 25808795; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC4426060.
Simon L, LeCapitaine N, Berner P, Vande Stouwe C, Mussell JC, Allerton T, Primeaux SD, Dufour J, Nelson S, Bagby GJ, Cefalu W, Molina PE. Chronic binge alcohol consumption alters myogenic gene expression and reduces in vitro myogenic differentiation potential of myoblasts from rhesus macaques. Am J Physiol Regul Integr Comp Physiol. 2014 Jun 1;306(11):R837-44. doi: 10.1152/ajpregu.00502.2013. Epub 2014 Mar 26. PubMed PMID: 24671243; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC4042206.
Chen CS, Bench EM, Allerton TD, Schreiber AL, Arceneaux KP 3rd, Primeaux SD. Preference for linoleic acid in obesity-prone and obesity-resistant rats is attenuated by the reduction of CD36 on the tongue. Am J Physiol Regul Integr Comp Physiol. 2013 Dec;305(11):R1346-55. doi: 10.1152/ajpregu.00582.2012. Epub 2013 Oct 23. PubMed PMID: 24154509; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC3882564.
Primeaux SD, Barnes MJ, Braymer HD. Hypothalamic QRFP: regulation of food intake and fat selection. Horm Metab Res. 2013 Dec;45(13):967-74. doi: 10.1055/s-0033-1353181. Epub 2013 Aug 26. PubMed PMID: 23979792; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC4239704.
Primeaux SD, Braymer HD, Bray GA. CD36 mRNA in the gastrointestinal tract is differentially regulated by dietary fat intake in obesity-prone and obesity-resistant rats. Dig Dis Sci. 2013 Feb;58(2):363-70. doi: 10.1007/s10620-012-2364-4. Epub 2012 Aug 23. PubMed PMID: 22915197; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC4201504.
Primeaux SD, Braymer HD, Bray GA. High fat diet differentially regulates the expression of olfactory receptors in the duodenum of obesity-prone and obesity-resistant rats. Dig Dis Sci. 2013 Jan;58(1):72-6. doi: 10.1007/s10620-012-2421-z. Epub 2012 Sep 30. PubMed PMID: 23053893; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC4201503.
Primeaux SD. QRFP in female rats: effects on high fat food intake and hypothalamic gene expression across the estrous cycle. Peptides. 2011 Jun;32(6):1270-5. doi: 10.1016/j.peptides.2011.03.022. Epub 2011 Apr 5. PubMed PMID: 21473894; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC3109089.
Thanos PK, Cho J, Kim R, Michaelides M, Primeaux S, Bray G, Wang GJ, Volkow ND. Bromocriptine increased operant responding for high fat food but decreased chow intake in both obesity-prone and resistant rats. Behav Brain Res. 2011 Feb 2;217(1):165-70. doi: 10.1016/j.bbr.2010.10.027. Epub 2010 Oct 27. PubMed PMID: 21034777; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC3018148.
King BM, Primeaux SD, Zadeh ML, de Gruiter JE, Plant JD, Ferguson AV, Bray GA. Olfactory bulbectomy impairs the feeding response to 2-deoxy-D-glucose in rats. Brain Res. 2011 Jan 7;1367:207-12. doi: 10.1016/j.brainres.2010.10.040. Epub 2010 Oct 20. PubMed PMID: 20969838; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC4239690.
Thanos PK, Kim R, Cho J, Michaelides M, Anderson BJ, Primeaux SD, Bray GA, Wang GJ, Robinson JK, Volkow ND. Obesity-resistant S5B rats showed greater cocaine conditioned place preference than the obesity-prone OM rats. Physiol Behav. 2010 Dec 2;101(5):713-8. doi: 10.1016/j.physbeh.2010.08.011. Epub 2010 Aug 27. PubMed PMID: 20801137; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC3477469.
Primeaux SD, Barnes MJ, Braymer HD, Bray GA. Sensitivity to the satiating effects of exendin 4 is decreased in obesity-prone Osborne-Mendel rats compared to obesity-resistant S5B/Pl rats. Int J Obes (Lond). 2010 Sep;34(9):1427-33. doi: 10.1038/ijo.2010.78. Epub 2010 Apr 20. PubMed PMID: 20404826; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC2910155.
Barnes MJ, Primeaux SD, Bray GA. 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. 2008 Nov;295(5):R1385-90. doi: 10.1152/ajpregu.00030.2008. Epub 2008 Sep 3. PubMed PMID: 18768770; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC2584848.
Primeaux SD, Blackmon C, Barnes MJ, Braymer HD, Bray GA. Central administration of the RFamide peptides, QRFP-26 and QRFP-43, increases high fat food intake in rats. Peptides. 2008 Nov;29(11):1994-2000. doi: 10.1016/j.peptides.2008.07.024. Epub 2008 Aug 13. PubMed PMID: 18765262; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC2610851.
Primeaux SD, Tong M, Holmes GM. Effects of chronic spinal cord injury on body weight and body composition in rats fed a standard chow diet. Am J Physiol Regul Integr Comp Physiol. 2007 Sep;293(3):R1102-9. doi: 10.1152/ajpregu.00224.2007. Epub 2007 Jul 18. PubMed PMID: 17634202.
Primeaux SD, Barnes MJ, Bray GA. Olfactory bulbectomy increases food intake and hypothalamic neuropeptide Y in obesity-prone but not obesity-resistant rats. Behav Brain Res. 2007 Jun 18;180(2):190-6. doi: 10.1016/j.bbr.2007.03.005. Epub 2007 Mar 14. PubMed PMID: 17420059; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC1978179.
Barnes MJ, Holmes G, Primeaux SD, York DA, Bray GA. Increased expression of mu opioid receptors in animals susceptible to diet-induced obesity. Peptides. 2006 Dec;27(12):3292-8. doi: 10.1016/j.peptides.2006.08.008. Epub 2006 Sep 25. PubMed PMID: 16996647.
Primeaux SD, Wilson SP, McDonald AJ, Mascagni F, Wilson MA. The role of delta opioid receptors in the anxiolytic actions of benzodiazepines. Pharmacol Biochem Behav. 2006 Nov;85(3):545-54. doi: 10.1016/j.pbb.2006.09.025. Epub 2006 Nov 15. PubMed PMID: 17109943; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC1892843.
Primeaux SD, York DA, Bray GA. Neuropeptide Y administration into the amygdala alters high fat food intake. Peptides. 2006 Jul;27(7):1644-51. doi: 10.1016/j.peptides.2005.12.009. Epub 2006 Jan 19. PubMed PMID: 16426702.
Primeaux SD, Wilson SP, Bray GA, York DA, Wilson MA. Overexpression of neuropeptide Y in the central nucleus of the amygdala decreases ethanol self-administration in "anxious" rats. Alcohol Clin Exp Res. 2006 May;30(5):791-801. doi: 10.1111/j.1530-0277.2006.00092.x. PubMed PMID: 16634847.
Primeaux SD, Wilson SP, Cusick MC, York DA, Wilson MA. Effects of altered amygdalar neuropeptide Y expression on anxiety-related behaviors. Neuropsychopharmacology. 2005 Sep;30(9):1589-97. doi: 10.1038/sj.npp.1300705. PubMed PMID: 15770236.
Wilson MA, Burghardt PR, Ford KA, Wilkinson MB, Primeaux SD. Anxiolytic effects of diazepam and ethanol in two behavioral models: comparison of males and females. Pharmacol Biochem Behav. 2004 Jul;78(3):445-58. doi: 10.1016/j.pbb.2004.04.017. PubMed PMID: 15251253; NIHMSID:NIHMS3787.
Primeaux SD, Wilson MA, Wilson SP, Guth AN, Lelutiu NB, Holmes PV. Herpes virus-mediated preproenkephalin gene transfer in the ventral striatum mimics behavioral changes produced by olfactory bulbectomy in rats. Brain Res. 2003 Oct 24;988(1-2):43-55. doi: 10.1016/s0006-8993(03)03337-7. PubMed PMID: 14519525.
Wilson MA, Burghardt PR, Lugo JN Jr, Primeaux SD, Wilson SP. Effect of amygdalar opioids on the anxiolytic properties of ethanol. Ann N Y Acad Sci. 2003 Apr;985:472-5. doi: 10.1111/j.1749-6632.2003.tb07102.x. PubMed PMID: 12724179.
Holmes PV, Masini CV, Primeaux SD, Garrett JL, Zellner A, Stogner KS, Duncan AA, Crystal JD. Intravenous self-administration of amphetamine is increased in a rat model of depression. Synapse. 2002 Oct;46(1):4-10. doi: 10.1002/syn.10105. PubMed PMID: 12211093.
Primeaux SD, Holmes PV. Olfactory bulbectomy increases met-enkephalin- and neuropeptide-Y-like immunoreactivity in rat limbic structures. Pharmacol Biochem Behav. 2000 Oct;67(2):331-7. doi: 10.1016/s0091-3057(00)00358-0. PubMed PMID: 11124398.
DePrato Primeaux S, Holmes PV, Martin RJ, Dean RG, Edwards GL. Experimentally induced attenuation of neuropeptide-Y gene expression in transgenic mice increases mortality rate following seizures. Neurosci Lett. 2000 Jun 16;287(1):61-4. doi: 10.1016/s0304-3940(00)01137-x. PubMed PMID: 10841991.
Primeaux SD, Holmes PV. Role of aversively motivated behavior in the olfactory bulbectomy syndrome. Physiol Behav. 1999 Aug 1;67(1):41-7. doi: 10.1016/s0031-9384(99)00027-x. PubMed PMID: 10463627.
Holmes PV, Davis RC, Masini CV, Primeaux SD. Effects of olfactory bulbectomy on neuropeptide gene expression in the rat olfactory/limbic system. Neuroscience. 1998 Sep;86(2):587-96. doi: 10.1016/s0306-4522(98)00029-3. PubMed PMID: 9881871.
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