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

• Neural regulation of food intake
• Opioid peptides & reward
• Neuropeptide Y & energy metabolism
• Neural networks & feeding

• Current Issues in Food Science
• Guest Lecturer in Neuroscience and Nutrition courses

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.

• 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

• 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)