Rita Torto

University of Florida — United States

Neuroscience · Life Sciences

12h-index470citations14works0.02yr avg
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Research Topics

Regulation of Appetite and Obesity(10), Biochemical Analysis and Sensing Techniques(8), Adipose Tissue and Metabolism(4), Neuropeptides and Animal Physiology(2), Pancreatic function and diabetes(2)

Publications14 total

Increased leptin expression selectively in the hypothalamus suppresses inflammatory markers CRP and IL-6 in leptin-deficient diabetic obese mice
Peptides·2008· 30 citedOpen Access
Neuroendocrine actions and regulation of hypothalamic neuropeptide Y during lactation
Peptides·2007· 33 citedOpen Access
Hypothalamic clamp on insulin release by leptin-transgene expression
Peptides·2006· 36 cited
Central Leptin Gene Therapy Blocks Ovariectomy‐Induced Adiposity
Obesity·2006· 33 citedOpen Access
Circulating adiponectin levels, body composition and obesity-related variables in Prader–Willi syndrome: comparison with obese subjects
International Journal of Obesity·2005· 91 citedOpen Access
Central leptin differentially modulates ultradian secretory patterns of insulin, leptin and ghrelin independent of effects on food intake and body weight
Peptides·2005· 46 cited
High‐fat Diet‐induced Ultradian Leptin and Insulin Hypersecretion are Absent in Obesity‐resistant Rats*
Obesity Research·2005· 47 citedOpen Access
Responses of the stem borer larval endoparasitoid<i>Cotesia flavipes</i>(Hymenoptera: Braconidae) to plant derived synomones: Laboratory and field cage experiments
Biocontrol Science and Technology·2005· 14 cited
Suppression of fat deposition for the life time with gene therapy
Peptides·2005· 33 cited
Perigestational suppression of weight gain with central leptin gene therapy results in lower weight F1 generation
Peptides·2005· 30 cited
Differential effects of methamphetamine on expression of neuropeptide Y mRNA in hypothalamus and on serum leptin and ghrelin concentrations in ad libitum-fed and schedule-fed rats
Neuroscience·2005· 37 cited
Role of Leptin in Orexigenic Neuropeptide Expression During Lactation in Rats
Journal of Neuroendocrinology·2004· 32 cited
Purification and physiological studies of bovine placental lactogen
Medical Entomology and Zoology·2000· 2 cited
Performance of West African dwarf goats fed dehydrated poultry manure as a dry season supplement
Tropical Animal Health and Production·1997· 6 cited

Frequent Co-authors

Satya P. Kalra(7), Michael G. Dube(6), Pushpa S. Kalra(6), S. P. Kalra(4), William R. Crowley(3), Gina Ramoz(3), Stéphane Boghossian(3), Effiong E. Otukonyong(2), Kristen A. Keefe(2), Anne Lecklin(2), L. Kennedy(1), Douglas C. Bittel(1), N. Kibiryeva(1), Merlin G. Butler(1), Glen R. Hanson(1), J.J. Wang(1), Esther Ngumbi(1), Adèle J. Ngi-Song(1), E.N.M. Njagi(1), L. J. Wadhams(1)