Chuanfeng Wang, MD, PhD - Minneapolis VA Health Care System
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Chuanfeng Wang, MD, PhD

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Research Chemist, Minneapolis VA Health Care System

Adjunct Assistant Professor, Dept. of Food Science and Nutrition, University of Minnesota

Investigator, Minnesota Obesity Center

Telephone: 612-467-5543

Email: chuanfeng.wang@va.gov

 

Education

  • MS, Shanghai Second Medical University, Shanghai, China
  • MD, Shanghai Second Medical University, Shanghai, China
  • PhD, University of Minnesota

Research Interests

  • Central control of energy balance
  • High fat diet and brain injury
  • Physical activity and cognition
  • Physical activity and energy balance

Selected Publications

  • Noble EE, Billington CJ, Kotz, CM, Wang C: The lighter side of BDNF. Am J Physiol Regul Integr Comp Physiol, 300: R1053-69, 2011.
  • Wang C, Bomberg E, Billington C, Levine A, Kotz CM. Brain-derived neurotrophic factor in the hypothalamic paraventricular nucleus increases energy expenditure by elevating metabolic rate. Am J Physiol Regul Integr Comp Physiol 293:992-1002, 2007.
  • Wang C, Bomberg E, Billington C, Levine A, Kotz CM. Brain-derived neurotrophic factor in the hypothalamic ventromedial nucleus increases energy expenditure. Brain Research, 1336:66-77, 2010
  • Wang C, Godar R, Billington C and. Kotz CM. Chronic administration of brain-derived neurotrophic factor in the hypothalamic paraventricular nucleus reverses obesity induced by high fat diet. (Am J Physiol Regul Integr Comp Physiol, 2010, 298(5):R1320-32, 2010.
  • Godar R, Dai Y, Bainter H, Billington C, Kotz CM, Wang CF. Reduction of high-fat diet-induced obesity after chronic administration of brain-derived neurotrophic factor in the hypothalamic ventromedial nucleus. Neuroscience. 2011 Aug 5. [Epub ahead of print]
  • Wang C, Bomberg E, Billington C, Levine A, Kotz CM. Brain-derived neurotrophic factor in the hypothalamic paraventricular nucleus reduces energy intake. Am J Physiol Regul Integr Comp Physiol 293:1003-1012, 2007.
  • Kotz CM, Mullett MA, and Wang CF. Diminished feeding responsiveness to orexin A (hypocretin 1) in aged rats is accompanied by decreased neuronal activation. Am J Physiol Regul Integr Comp Physiol 289: R359-R366, 2005.
  • Noble EE, Mavanji V, Little MR, Billington CJ, Kotz CM, and Wang CF: Exercise reduces diet-induced cognitive decline and increases hippocampal brain-derived neurotrophic factor in CA3 neurons. Neurobiol Learning Memory (Submitted after requested minor revision)
  • Noble EE, Billington CJ, Kotz CM, and Wang CF. Oxytocin in the Ventromedial Hypothalamus Reduces Feeding and Acutely Increases Energy Expenditure. (submitted to Am J Physiol Regul Integr Comp Physiol )

 

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