RESEARCH FOCUS
Principal Academic Responsibilities:
Roth MJ, Baer DJ, Castonguay TW, Judd JT, Dorgan JF, Dawsey SM, Brown ED, Hartman TJ, Corle DK, Campbell WS, Giffen CA, Taylor PR. 2003. The association between serum leptin and alcohol consumption in a controlled feeding study. Journal of the National Cancer Institute 95: 1722-1725.
Gemmill ME, Eskay RL, Hall NL, Douglass LW, Castonguay TW. 2003. Effect of leptin on food intake and body weight in adrenalectomized rats with corticosterone replacement. Journal of Nutrition 133: 504-509.
Castonguay TW, Beaulieu S, Eskay RL, Barden N, Kamara K, Khozin S, Lustberg L,Brown L. 2002. The effects of adrenalectomy and aldosterone replacement in transgenic mice expressing antisense RNA to the Type-2 glucocorticoid receptor. Physiology and Behavior 77: 417-423.
VanderWeele DA, Dess NK, Castonguay TW. 2002. Ingestional responses to metabolic challenges in rats selectively bred for high and low saccharin intake. Physiology and Behavior 75: 97-104.
Bai H, Castonguay TW. 2002. Effects of adrenalectomy and hormone replacement on B6CF1 mice fed a high fat diet. Physiology and Behavior 72: 493-498.
Habash T, Eskay RL, Kuenzel WL, Castonguay TW. 2000. Some interactions of glucocorticoids, NPY and hypothalamic serotonin. Nutritional Neuroscience 3: 183-192.
E.London#, G. Lala#, R.Berger#, A. Panzenbeck#, A.A. Kohli#, M. Renner#, A. Jackson#, T. Raynor#, K. Loya# and T.W.Castonguay^*. Sucrose access differentially modifies 11β-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase-1 and hexose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase message in liver and adipose tissue in rats. Journal of Nutrition 137: 2616-2621, 2007
London#, E. and T.W. Castonguay^*. Diet and the role of 11β-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase -1 on obesity Journal of Nutritional Biochemistry 20(7):485-93. Epub 2009 May 14.
London#, E. and T.W. Castonguay^*. High fructose diets increase 11 beta hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase type 1 in liver and visceral adipose in rats within 24-h exposure.Obesity 19: 925-932.doi:10.1038 /oby.2010.284
Brown#*, L.M., C.T. Hansen, A. F. Huberty, T. W. Castonguay^ Traits of the metabolic syndrome alter corpulent obesity in LAN, SHR and DSS rats: Behavioral and metabolic interactions with adrenalectomy. Physiology and Behavior (2011). 103(1): 98-103. Epub 2010 Dec 31.
Campbell#, E.S. and T.W. Castonguay*^. Fructose intake and circulating triglycerides: an examination of the role of APOC 3. Journal of Diabetes and Obesity (2014) 1 (1): 1-7.
Colley#, D.L., T.W. Castonguay^*. Effects of sugar solutions on hypothalamic appetite regulation. Physiology & Behavior (2015), 139 (2):202-209. DOI info: 10.1016/j.physbeh.2014.11.025
Zhao#, C., E. S. Campbell#, A.E. Tschiffely# and T.W. Castonguay^*. Overnight access to sugar solutions affects mRNA expression of several neuropeptides in different hypothalamic regions in rats. Journal of Food and Nutrition Research (2015), 3(1): 69-76.
Zhao#, C., Tschiffely#, A.E., and T.W. Castonguay^*. Effect of sugars on mRNA expression of 11β-HSD1 in the hypothalamus of rats after 24 hour exposure. Journal of Agriculture and Life Sciences (2015), 2(1): 1-6.
Zhao#, C. and T. W. Castonguay^*. Effects of Free Access to Sugar Sweetened Drinks on Energy Control. Food Reviews International 2016 (In Press)
Li#, H., T.L. Guo, J. Parry^, S. Pao, and T.W. Castonguay*. Grape Pomace Aqueous Extract Inhibits α-Glucosidase in vitro and Suppresses Postprandial Hyperglycemia in vivo. Food and Nutrition Science 2016 (In Press).
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