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Last published 2025
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Mohsin Syed

Associate Professor

Also affiliated: Nagoya University (1989–2011); Albany Medical Center Hospital (2008–2009)

Faculty Researcher

Neurobiology & Developmental Science, College of Medicine

18 h-index 47 pubs 1,095 cited

  • Animals
  • Mice
  • Female
  • Male
  • Staphylococcus aureus
  • Cells, Cultured
  • Mice, Inbred C57BL
  • Leptin
  • In Vitro Techniques
  • RNA, Messenger
  • Mice, Knockout
  • Brain Abscess
  • Staphylococcal Infections
  • Signal Transduction
  • Muscle, Smooth

Biography and Research Information

OverviewAI-generated summary

Mohsin Syed's research focuses on the differentiation of pituitary cells, particularly the role of leptin as a metabolic signal. His work investigates sex-specific responses to dietary conditions, utilizing single-cell transcriptomics to identify reduced pituitary plasticity under thermoneutral conditions. Syed also engages in research related to medical education and outreach, including studies on the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic lockdown on medical students' academic performance and stress levels. He has also participated in studies examining incidental anatomical findings, such as a retroaortic left renal vein, and vascular pathology, including arterial aneurysms. Syed has published 47 papers with 1,077 citations and an h-index of 18. His collaborators include Noor Akhter, Kevin D. Phelan, Tiffany Huitt, and Gwen V. Childs.

Metrics

  • h-index: 18
  • Publications: 47
  • Citations: 1,095

Selected Publications

  • Vascular Pathology: A Multifocal Cadaveric Analysis of Arterial Aneurysms (2025)
    International Journal of Cadaveric Studies and Anatomical Variations DOI OpenAlex
  • THU043 Single-cell Transcriptomics Show Sex-specific Responses To A High Fat Diet, Under Thermoneutral Conditions, Pointing To Reduced Pituitary Plasticity (2023)
    Journal of the Endocrine Society DOI OpenAlex
  • Bridging the Technology Divide in the COVID-19 Era: Using Virtual Outreach to Expose Middle and High School Students to Imaging Technology (2022)
    Journal of Visualized Experiments 1 citation DOI OpenAlex
  • Bridging the Technology Divide in the COVID-19 Era: Using Virtual Outreach to Expose Middle and High School Students to Imaging Technology (2022)
    Journal of Visualized Experiments DOI OpenAlex
  • Medical Student Opinions of a Gross Anatomy Course Aided with Prosection (2022)
    CourseSource DOI OpenAlex
  • Retroaortic Left Renal Vein: An Incidental Finding During Cadaver Dissection (2022)
    The FASEB Journal 1 citation DOI OpenAlex
  • Leptin: A Metabolic Signal for the Differentiation of Pituitary Cells (2021)
    IntechOpen eBooks 1 citation DOI OpenAlex
  • Persistence and Academic Performance of Medical Students in Online Learning Environment During the COVID-19 Pandemic Lockdown (2021)
    International Journal of Modern Education Studies 3 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • The Effects of COVID‐19 Pandemic Lockdown on Medical Students’ Academic Performance and Stress Levels Based on their Gender and Age (2021)
    The FASEB Journal 6 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • Right to Left Crossed Fused Renal Ectopia: An Incidental Finding in Cadaveric Dissection (2019)
    The FASEB Journal DOI OpenAlex
  • Leptin Regulation of Gonadotrope Gonadotropin-Releasing Hormone Receptors As a Metabolic Checkpoint and Gateway to Reproductive Competence (2018)
    Frontiers in Endocrinology 74 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • Complete Bilateral Ureteral Duplication: an Incidental Finding in Cadaveric Dissection (2017)
    The FASEB Journal DOI OpenAlex
  • Association of Gnrhr mRNA With the Stem Cell Determinant Musashi: A Mechanism for Leptin-Mediated Modulation of GnRHR Expression (2017)
    Endocrinology 31 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • Purified Somatotrope Populations Include Cells with Multihormonal Potential That Produce GH, TSH and Prolactin in Response to Leptin Signals (2016)
    The FASEB Journal DOI OpenAlex
  • A Sex-Dependent, Tropic Role for Leptin in the Somatotrope as a Regulator of POU1F1 and POU1F1-Dependent Hormones (2016)
    Endocrinology 22 citations DOI OpenAlex

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Grants & Funding

As listed on this researcher's institutional profile.

  • ArkanSONO: A Technology Based Outreach Exposure Program for High School Students NIH Co-Investigator
  • Center for Translational Neuroscience NIH Co-Investigator

Collaboration Network

31 Collaborators 4 Institutions 1 Country

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