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Rexford S. Ahima

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Publications

172

Citations

31.5K

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Active since

1990

Affiliations

University of Pennsylvania(Current)

Johns Hopkins University

Johns Hopkins Medicine

Harvard University

Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center

Rexford S. Ahima is an author at University of Pennsylvania specializing in life sciences, endocrinology, and metabolic regulation.

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Publications per year

1990–2025

172

Publications

172

The hormone resistin links obesity to diabetes

Claire M. Steppan, Shannon T. Bailey, Savitha Bhat et al. · Nature · 2001 · 4.8K citations

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Role of leptin in the neuroendocrine response to fasting

Rexford S. Ahima, Daniel Prabakaran, Christos S. Mantzoros et al. · Nature · 1996 · 3.1K citations

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High-Fat Diet Determines the Composition of the Murine Gut Microbiome Independently of Obesity

Christian Hoffmann, Scott Sherrill-Mix, Sue A. Keilbaugh et al. · Gastroenterology · 2009 · 1.6K citations · Full text

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Distributions of leptin receptor mRNA isoforms in the rat brain

Joel K. Elmquist, C. Bj�rb�k, Rexford S. Ahima et al. · The Journal of Comparative Neurology · 1998 · 1K citations

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Leptin Differentially Regulates NPY and POMC Neurons Projecting to the Lateral Hypothalamic Area

Carol F. Elias, Carl Aschkenasi, Charlotte E. Lee et al. · Neuron · 1999 · 923 citations · Full text

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