Catherine Kotz, PhD, MS - Minneapolis VA Health Care System
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Catherine Kotz, PhD, MS

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Associate Professor for Research, GRECC, Minneapolis VA Health Care System

Associate Professor, Food Science and Nutrition, University of Minnesota

Graduate Faculty, Neuroscience, University of Minnesota

Phone: 612-467-3312

Email: Catherine.Kotz@va.gov

 

Education

  • BS, University of Minnesota, St Paul, MN
  • MS, University of Minnesota, St Paul, MN
  • PhD, University of Minnesota, St Paul, MN

Research Interests

  • Brain sites and substrates mediating energy balance in obesity prone and obesity-resistant animal models
  • Study of Neuropeptides
  • Role of Orexin

Selected Publications

  • Kotz CM, Teske JA, Billington CJ. Neuroregulation of non-exercise activity thermogenesis (NEAT) and obesity resistance. AM J Physiol Regul Integr Comp Physiol. 2008 Mar;294(3):R699-710. Invited review.
  • Perry CA, Pravetoni M, Teske JA, Aguado C, Erickson DJ, Medrano JF, Lujan R, Kotz CM, wickman K. Predisposition to late-onset obesity in GIRK4 knockout mice. Proc Natl Acad Sci USA. 2008;105:8148-53.
  • Teske JA, Kotz CM. effect of acute and chronic caloric restriction and metabolic glucoprivation on spontaneous physical activity in obesity-prone and obesity-resistant rats. AM J Physiol Regul Integr Comp Physiol. 2009 Jul;297(1):R176-84. Epub 2009 May 6. PMID: 19420294
  • Teske JA, Billington CJ, Kotz CM. Hypocretin/Orexin and Energy Expenditure. Acta Physiol (Oxf). 2010 Jan 12. [Epub ahead of Print] PMID: 20070282.
  • Nixon JP, Zhang M, wang C, Kuskowski MA, Novak CM, Levin JA, Billington CJ, Kotz CM. Evaluation of quantitative Magnetic Resonance Imaging System for Whole Body Composition Analysis in Rodents. Obesity (Silver Spring). 2010 Jan 7. PMID: PMC2919581; NIHMSID: NIHMS221979.
  • Kotz CM. Biological Regulation of Physical Activity Level. Physical Activity and obesity, 2nd Edition. 2010. chapter 16, pp 70-72. invited Review. ISBN-13: 978-0-7360-7635-7.
  • Mavanji V, Teske JA, Billington CJ, Kotz CM. Elevated sleep quality and orexin receptor mRNA in obesity-resistant rats.. Int J Obes (Lond). 2010 May 25. [Epub ahead of print].
  • Garland T, Schutz H, Chappel MA, Kenney, B, Meek, TH, Copes, LE, Acosta, A, Drenowatz, C, Maciel, RC, Van Diik, G, Kotz CM, Eisenmann, JC. The biological control of voluntary exercise, spontaneous physical activity, and daily energy expenditure in relation to obesity: human and rodent perspectives. J Exp Biol. 2011 Jan 15;214(Pt 2):206-29.
  • Teske JA, Billington CJ, Kuskowski MA, Kotz CM. Spontaneous physical activity protects against fat mass gain. Int J Obes (Lond). 2011 May 24. [Epub ahead of print] PMID: 21610695.

 

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