Peer-reviewed publications
- Manocchio, F, Bravo, FI, Helfer, G* and Begona, M (2024) Cherries with different geographical origins regulate neuroprotection in a photoperiod-dependent manner in F344 rats. Antioxidants, 13(1): 72.
- Helfer, G., M. Kadmiel, and P.H. Jethwa, Editorial: Women in integrative physiology. Frontiers in Physiology, 2022. 13.
- Yun, H, Dumbell, R, Hanna, K, Bowen, J, McLean, SL, Kantamneni, S, Pors, K, Wu, QF and Helfer, G* (2022) The chemerin-CMKLR1 axis is functionally important for central regulation of energy homeostasis. Front Physiol, 30 May 2022.
- McLean, SL, Yun, H, Tedder, A and Helfer, G* (2021) The effect of photoperiod and high fat diet on the cognitive response in photoperiod-sensitive F344 rats. Physiol Behav, Oct 1 (239):113496.
- Mu, W, Li, S, Xu, J, Guo, X, Wu, H, Chen, Z, Qiao, L-Y, Helfer, G, Lu, F, Liu, C and Wu, QF (2021) Hypothalamic Rax+ tanycytes contribute to tissue repair and tumorigenesis upon oncogene activation in mice. Nat Comm, 12(1): 2288
- Helfer, G and Stevenson, TJ (2020) Pleiotropic effects of proopiomelanocortin and VGF nerve growth factor inducible neuropeptides for the long-term regulation of energy balance. Mol Cell Endocrinol, Aug 20 (514): 110876.
- Helfer, G* and Dumbell R (2020) Endocrine drivers of photoperiod response. Curr Opin Endocrine Metabol Res, 11 (4): 49-54.
- Helfer, G*, Barrett, P and Morgan, PJ (2019) A unifying hypothesis for control of body weight and reproduction in seasonally breeding mammals. J Neuroendocrinol, 31(3): e12680.
- Helfer, G and Wu QF (2018) Chemerin: a multifaceted adipokine involved in metabolic disorders. J Endocrinol, 238(3): R79-R94.
- Stoney, PN, Rodrigues, D, Helfer, G, Khatib, T, Ashton, A, Hay, EA, Starr, R, Kociszewska, D, Morgan, PJ and McCaffery, PJ (2017) A seasonal switch in histone deacetylase gene expression in the hypothalamus and their capacity to modulate nuclear signaling pathways. Brain Behav Immun, 61: 340-352.
- Helfer, G, Ross, AW, Thomson, LM, Mayer, CD, Stoney, PN, McCaffery, PJ and Morgan, PJ (2016) A neuroendocrine role for chemerin in hypothalamic remodelling and photoperiodic control of energy balance. Sci Rep 6: 26830.
- Helfer, G and Tups, A (2016) Hypothalamic Wnt signalling and its role in energy balance regulation. J Neuroendocrinol, 28(3): 12368.
- Bouscein, A, Benzler, J, Hempp, C, Stoehr, S, Helfer, G and Tups, A. (2016) Photoperiodic and diurnal regulation of WNT signalling in the arcuate nucleus of the female Djungarian hamster, Phodopus sungorus. Endocrinology, 157 (2): 799-809.
- Stoney, PN, Helfer, G, Rodrigues, D, Morgan, PJ and McCaffery, PJ (2016) Thyroid hormone activation of retinoic acid synthesis in hypothalamic tanycytes. Glia, 64(3): 425-439.
- Bolborea, M, Helfer, G, Ebling, FJP and Barrett, P (2015) Dual signal transduction pathways activated by TSH receptors in rat primary tanycyte cultures. J Mol Endocrinol, 54(3): 241-250.
- Ross, AW, Russell, L, Helfer, G, Thomson, LM, Dalby, M and Morgan, PJ. (2015) Photoperiod regulates lean mass accretion, but not adiposity, in growing F344 rats fed a high fat diet. PLoS One, 10(3): e0119763.
- Tavolaro, FM, Thomson, LM, Ross, AW, Morgan, PJ and Helfer, G* (2015) Photoperiodic effects on seasonal physiology, reproductive status and hypothalamic gene expression in young male F344 rats. J Neuroendocrinol, 27(2): 79-87.
- Helfer, G, Ross, AW and Morgan, PJ (2013) Neuromedin U partly mimics thyroid stimulating hormone and triggers Wnt/β-Catenin signalling in the photoperiodic response of F344 rats. J Neuroendocrinol, 25(12): 1264-1272.
- Helfer, G, Ross, AW, Russell, L, Thomson, LM, Shearer, KD, Goodman, TH, McCaffery, PJ and Morgan, PJ (2012) Photoperiod regulates vitamin A and Wnt/β-Catenin signalling in F344 rats. Endocrinology, 153(2): 815-824.
- Shearer, KD, Stoney, PN, Helfer, G, Ross, AW, Morgan, PJ and McCaffery, PJ (2012) Photoperiodic expression of two RALDH enzymes and the regulation of cell proliferation by retinoic acid in the rat hypothalamus. J Neurochem 122(4): 789-799.
- Jones, C, Helfer, G and Brandstaetter, R (2012) Melatonin receptor expression in the zebra finch brain and peripheral tissues. Chronobiol Int 29(2): 189-202.
- Ross, AW&, Helfer, G&, Russell, L, Darras, VM and Morgan, PJ (2011) Thyroid hormone signalling genes are regulated by photoperiod in the hypothalamus of F344 rats. PLoS One, 6 (6): e21351. &Authors contributed equally
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