Metabolic regulation of lateral hypothalamic glucose-inhibited orexin neurons may influence midbrain reward neurocircuitry

Zhenyu Sheng, Ammy M. Santiago, Mark Thomas, +1

Molecular and Cellular Neuroscience

Energy HomeostasisNeurobiological MechanismNeurophysiologyNeuroanatomyPhysiology +10

Brain GLUT4 Knockout Mice Have Impaired Glucose Tolerance, Decreased Insulin Sensitivity, and Impaired Hypoglycemic Counterregulation

Candace M. Reno, Erwin C. Puente, Zhenyu Sheng, +5

Diabetes

N-methyl-d-aspartate receptor inhibition by an apolipoprotein E-derived peptide relies on low-density lipoprotein receptor-associated protein

Zhenyu Sheng, Mary Prorok, B. Brown, +1

Neuropharmacology

BiochemistryMedicineN-methyl-d-aspartate Receptor InhibitionHyperlipidemiaLipoprotein Metabolism +3

Subtype-selective antagonism of N-methyl-d-aspartate receptor ion channels by synthetic conantokin peptides

Zhenyu Sheng, Qiuyun Dai, Mary Prorok, +1

Neuropharmacology

Molecular PharmacologyMolecular PhysiologySignal TransductionSynthetic Conantokin PeptidesFunctional Selectivity +7

Direct versus indirect actions of ghrelin on hypothalamic NPY neurons

Hiroshi Hashiguchi, Zhenyu Sheng, Vanessa H. Routh, +3

PLoS ONE

Oleic Acid in the Ventral Tegmental Area Inhibits Feeding, Food Reward, and Dopamine Tone

Cécile Hryhorczuk, Zhenyu Sheng, Léa Décarie-Spain, +6

Neuropsychopharmacology

AppetiteBehavioral SciencesNeuropsychologyOleic AcidAppetite Control +13

Transient Absorption and Fluorescence Studies of Disstacking Phthalocyanine by Poly(ethylene oxide)

Zhenyu Sheng, Xiaodong Ye, Zhaoxiong Zheng, +4

Macromolecules

EngineeringDynamic Laser LightResponsive PolymersOrganic ChemistryChemistry +20

Kinetic Mechanism of Channel Opening of the GluRD_flip AMPA Receptor

Gang Li, Zhenyu Sheng, Zhen Huang, +1

Biochemistry

Helix-Helix Interactions between Homo- and Heterodimeric γ-Carboxyglutamate-containing Conantokin Peptides and Their Derivatives

Qiuyun Dai, Zhenyu Sheng, James H. Geiger, +2

Journal of Biological Chemistry

Protein AssemblyPeptide EngineeringMolecular BiologyPeptide ScienceAnalytical Ultracentrifugation +18

The selectivity of conantokin-G for ion channel inhibition of NR2B subunit-containing NMDA receptors is regulated by amino acid residues in the S2 region of NR2B

Zhenyu Sheng, Zhong Liang, James H. Geiger, +2

Neuropharmacology

Molecular PharmacologyIon Channel InhibitionMolecular PhysiologySignal TransductionG Protein-coupled Receptor +9