Dr. Eric Zorrilla studies the neurobiology of feeding and stress with special emphasis on neuropeptide mechanisms involved in disorders of energy balance (e.g., obesity) and the regulatory control of appetitive behaviors.
Cottone, P., Sabino, V., Roberto, M., Bajo, M., Pockros, L., Frihauf, J. B., Fekete, E. M., Steardo, L., Rice, K. C., Grigoriadis, D. E., Conti, B., Koob, G. F., et al.
Crf system recruitment mediates dark side of compulsive eatingProceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America2009
106:20016-20020
DOI:10.1073/pnas.0908789106
Zorrilla, E. P., Iwasaki, S., Moss, J. A., Chang, J., Otsuji, J., Inoue, K., Meijler, M. M., Janda, K. D.
Vaccination against weight gainProceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America2006
103:13226-13231
DOI:10.1073/pnas.0605376103
Calderon, E., Cruz, A., Rangel, H., Coronel, A., Zorrilla, E.
Treatment of acute diarrhea in adultsCurrent Therapeutic Research-Clinical and Experimental1991
49:792-800