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  Allen S. Levine, Ph.D Photo of Allen Levine
 

Dean and Professor
College of Food, Agricultural and Natural Resource Sciences
Address: 277 Coffey Hall
Phone: (612) 626-7173
Fax: (612) 625-7076
aslevine@umn.edu
Curriculum Vitae
Biographic Summary

  Research Expertise:
 
  • Neural regulation of food intake
  • Opioid peptides & reward
  • Neuropeptide Y & energy metabolism
  • Neural networks & feeding
  Resident and Outreach Teaching:
 
  • Current Issues in Food Science
  • Guest Lecturer in Neuroscience and Nutrition courses
  Selected Scholarship:
 

Original Research Publications

Bomberg, E.M., Grace, M.K., Wirth, M.M., Levine, A.S., and Olszewski, P.K. Central ghrelin induces feeding driven by energy needs not by reward. Neuroreport 18:591-5, 2007.

Jeffery, R.W., Rydell, S., Dunn, C.L., Harnack, L.J., Levine, A.S., Pentel, P.R., Baxter, J.E., and Walsh, E.M. Effects of portion size on chronic energy intake. Internatl J Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity, 4: 27, 2007.

Naleid, A., Grace, M., Chimunkangara, M., Billington, C., and Levine, A.S. Paraventricular opioids alter high-fat but not high sucrose diet depending on diet preference in a “binge” model of feeding. Am J Physiol Regul Integr Comp Physiol, 293: R99-105, 2007.

Olszewski, P.K., Bomberg, E.M., Martell, A., Grace, M.K., and Levine, A.S. Intracerebroventricular ghrelin activates oxytocin neurons: implications in feeding behavior. Neuroreport 18: 4999-503, 2007.

Olszewski, P.K. and Levine, A.S. Central opioids and consumption of sweet tastants: When reward outweighs homeostasis. Physiology and Behavior 91: 506-512,  2007. 

Bomberg, E.M., Grace, M.K., Levine, A.S., and Olszewski, P.K. Functional interaction between nociceptin/orphanin FQ and alpha melanoctye-stimulating hormone in the regulation of feeding. Peptides 27:1827-34, 2006.

Jewett, D.C., Lefever, T.W., Flashinski, D.P., Koffarnus, M.N., Cameron, C.R., Hehli, D.J., Grace, M.K., and Levine, A.S. Intraparaventricular neuropeptide Y and ghrelin induce learned behaviors which report food deprivation in rats. Neuroreport 17:733-7. 2006.

Li, D., Olszewski, P.K., Shi, Q., Grace, M.K., Billington, C.J., Kotz, C.M., and Levine, A.S. Effect of opioid receptor ligands injected into the rostral lateral hypothalamus on c-fos and feeding behavior. Brain Research 1096: 120-4, 2006.

Teske, J.A., Levine A.S., Kuskowski M., Levine J.A., and Kotz C.M. Elevated hypothalamic orexin signaling, sensitivity to orexin A, and spontaneous physical activity in obesity-resistant rats. Am J Physiol Regul Integr Comp Physiol 291:R889-99. 2006.

Reviews and Editorials (Refereed*)

* Cota, D., Tschöp, M.H., Horvath, T.L. and Levine A.S.  Cannabinoids, opioids and eating behavior: the molecular face of hedonism?  Brain Research Reviews, 51(1):85-107, 2006.

*  Kotz, C.M., Billington, C.J., and Levine, A.S.  Orexin and Opioids in Feeding Behavior. In: Handbook of Biologically Active Peptides.  A.J. Kastin, editor, Elsevier (Academic Press), San Diego, CA, pp. 919-927, 2006.

* Levine, A.S.  The animal model in food intake regulation:  Examples from the opioid literature.  Physiology and Behavior, 89(1):92-6, 2006.

  Leadership and Service:
 
  • College of Agricultural, Food and Environmental Sciences, Leadership Council
  • 2005-2006 - Co-Chair, University Strategic Plan Task Force: CNR/ COAFES/ CHE
  • 2002-2006 - Treasurer, Society for the Study of Ingestive Behavior
  • 2003 - ACOS Advisory Committee
  • 2001-2003 - Team Leader, Central Infrastructure Survey Group
  • 1998-present - American Journal of Clinical Nutrition
  • 1995-present - Director, Minnesota Obesity Center
  • 1990-present - Pharmacology Biochemistry and Behavior
  Awards:
 
  • Grace A. Goldsmith Award from the American College of Nutrition (1992)
  • National Academy of Sciences Committee on "Assessing Future Research Needs: Mental and Addictive Disorders in Women" (1991)
  • Mead Johnson Award from the American Institute of Nutrition (1985)
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