N Levens

Servier (France) — France

Neuroscience · Life Sciences

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Research Topics

Regulation of Appetite and Obesity(12), Neuropeptides and Animal Physiology(7), Biochemical Analysis and Sensing Techniques(6), Receptor Mechanisms and Signaling(5), Renin-Angiotensin System Studies(3)

Publications23 total

A potent and selective NPY Y5 antagonist reduces food intake but not through blockade of the NPY Y5 receptor
International Journal of Obesity·2004· 24 cited
Acute and chronic administration of melanin-concentrating hormone enhances food intake and body weight in Wistar and Sprague–Dawley rats
International Journal of Obesity·2002· 195 cited
Appetite suppression based on selective inhibition of NPY receptors
International Journal of Obesity·2002· 43 cited
SLC-1 Receptor Mediates Effect of Melanin-Concentrating Hormone on Feeding Behavior in Rat: A Structure-Activity Study
Journal of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics·2001· 42 cited
Parallel synthesis and pharmacological screening of nonpeptide ligands of the neuropeptide Y receptor subtype Y5
Journal of Peptide Research·2001· 2 cited
Reduced food intake in response to CGP 71683A may be due to mechanisms other than NPY Y5 receptor blockade
International Journal of Obesity·2001· 55 citedOpen Access
A peptide leptin antagonist reduces food intake in rodents
International Journal of Obesity·1999· 22 cited
Food intake in free-feeding and energy-deprived lean rats is mediated by the neuropeptide Y5 receptor.
Journal of Clinical Investigation·1998· 227 citedOpen Access
Stimulation of feeding in lean but not in obese Zucker rats by a selective neuropeptide Y Y5 receptor agonist
Neuroreport·1998· 24 cited
Mechanism of leptin removal from the circulation by the kidney
Journal of Endocrinology·1997· 72 cited
Leptin is a physiologically important regulator of food intake
International Journal of Obesity·1997· 62 cited
Removal of endogenous leptin from the circulation by the kidney
International Journal of Obesity·1997· 76 cited
Leptin is cleared from the circulation primarily by the kidney.
PubMed·1996· 164 cited
Recombinant OB-Gene Product Reduces Food-Intake in Fasted Mice
Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications·1995· 118 cited
ChemInform Abstract: Dual Angiotensin Converting Enzyme/Thromboxane Synthase Inhibitors.
ChemInform·1994
Dual Angiotensin Converting Enzyme/Thromboxane Synthase Inhibitors
Journal of Medicinal Chemistry·1994· 11 citedOpen Access
Renal actions of the angiotensin AT2 receptor ligands CGP 42112 and PD 123319 after blockade of the renin-angiotensin system
European Journal of Pharmacology·1994· 55 cited
25 Angiotensin stimulates phosphotyrosine phosphatase activity through AT2 receptors
Journal of Hypertension·1993
The acute renal actions of angiotensin converting enzyme inhibitors in the sodium-depleted conscious primate are mediated by inhibition of the renin-angiotensin system.
Journal of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics·1992· 3 cited
Responses to renin inhibition in conscious primates
American Journal of Physiology-Renal Physiology·1991· 3 cited
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Frequent Co-authors

Frédéric Cumin(6), Alain Stricker‐Krongrad(4), Steven Whitebread(4), Michele Chiesi(4), Jean A. Boutin(4), L. Brunner(3), Odile Della‐Zuana(3), J Duhault(3), Marc de Gasparo(3), Michel Félétou(3), Susana Chamorro(3), P Wyss(2), Karl G. Hofbauer(2), Jean‐Louis Nahon(2), H-P Baum(2), Odile Della Zuana(2), Michael E. Beil(2), J-L Fauchère(2), Valérie Audinot(2), Gary M. Ksander(2)