| Assistant Professor |
Main Office Address
Ross 618
The Johns Hopkins Hospital
600 North Wolfe Street
Baltimore, MD 21287
Phone 410-955-2996
Fax 410-502-3769
E-mail: saja1@jhmi.edu
Education
1990 | B.S. | University of California, Davis |
1999 | Ph.D. | University of California, Davis |
1999-2002 | Post-doctoral Fellowship | Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine |
Professional Interests
- Neural controls of food intake and body weight regulation, focusing on brain and gut neuropeptides
- Hypothalamic responses to fuel sensing in the central nervous system
Selected Publications
Aja S, Bi S, Knipp SB, McFadden JM, Ronnett GV, Kuhajda FP, Moran TH. Intracerebroventricular C75 decreases meal frequency and reduces AgRP gene expression in rats. Am J Physiol Regul Integr Comp Physiol. 2006: 291:R148-R154.
Aja S, Ewing C, Lin J, Hyun J, Moran TH. Blockade of central GLP-1 receptors prevents CART-induced hypophagia and brain c-Fos expression. Peptides 2006; 27(1):157-164.
Kim E-K, Miller I, Aja S, Landree LE, Pinn M, McFadden J, Kuhajda FP, Moran TH, Ronnett GV. C75, a fatty acid synthase inhibitor, reduces food intake via hypthalamic AMP-activated protein kinase. J Biol Chem 2004; 279(19):19970-19976.
Miller I, Ronnett GV, Moran TH, Aja S. Anorexigenic C75 alters c-Fos in mouse hypothalamic and hindbrain subnuclei. NeuroReport 2004; 15(5): 925-929.
Aja, S., Schwartz, G.J., Kuhar, M.J. and Moran, T.H.. Intracerebroventricular CART alters liquid meal patterns and licking microstructure. Am. J. Physiol. 280(6) (Reg. Integrative Comp. Physiol.):R1613-R1619. 2001.
