Gloria Tannenbaum
Emeritus Professor
Neurology and Neurosurgery
McGill University
Canada
Biography
Director, Neuropeptide Physiology Laboratory, Montreal Children's Hospital Research Institute
Research Interest
Growth and growth disorders; neuroendocrine mechanisms governing growth hormone secretion with a focus on hypothalamic somatostatin and growth hormone-releasing hormone; role of ghrelin in regulation of appetite and growth hormone, and identifying the brain pathways through which ghrelin acts.
Publications
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Subcellular dynamics of somatostatin receptor subtype 1 in the rat arcuate nucleus: receptor localization and synaptic connectivity vary in parallel with the ultradian rhythm of growth hormone secretion. Stroh T, van Schouwenburg MR, Beaudet A, Tannenbaum GS.
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Elevated circulating acylated and total ghrelin concentrations along with reduced appetite scores in infants with failure to thrive. Tannenbaum GS, Ramsay M, Martel C, Samia M, Zygmuntowicz C, Porporino M, Ghosh S.
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An enzymatic model of the growth hormone-releasing hormone oscillator incorporating neuronal synchronization. Caplan SR, Tannenbaum GS, Johnstone RM.
