Laurent Gautron, PhD

Instructor
Internal Medicine

Contact Information

UT Southwestern Medical Center
5323 Harry Hines Boulevard
Dallas, Texas 75390

laurent.gautron@utsouthwestern.edu

Education

Graduate SchoolUniversity of Bordeaux - France, Cognition and Neuroscience (2003)
Graduate SchoolUniversity of Bordeaux - France, Biology (1999)

Research Interests

Immune-to-brain communication
Molecular neuroendocrinology
Neural pathways involved in energy balance
Neuroanatomy
Vagus nerve

Publications

Sixteen years and counting: an update on leptin in energy balance.

Gautron L, Elmquist JK, The Journal of clinical investigation, 2011 Jun; 121 (6):2087-93

Genetic tracing of Nav1.8-expressing vagal afferents in the mouse.

Gautron L, Sakata I, Udit S, Zigman JM, Wood JN, Elmquist JK, The Journal of comparative neurology, 2011 May; :3085-101

Melanocortin-4 receptor expression in a vago-vagal circuitry involved in postprandial functions.

Gautron L, Lee C, Funahashi H, Friedman J, Lee S, Elmquist J , J Comp Neurol , January 2010; (518(1)):6-24

Central administration of resveratrol improves diet-induced diabetes.

Ramadori G, Gautron L, Fujikawa T, Vianna CR, Elmquist JK, Coppari R , Endocrinology , May 2009; (150(12)):5326-33

Identifying the efferent projections of leptin-responsive neurons in the dorsomedial hypothalamus using a novel conditional tracing approach.

Gautron L, Lazarus M, Scott MM, Saper CB, Elmquist JK. , J Comp Neurol , June 2010; (518(11)):2090-108