Noor Akhter Institution-verified

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Associate Professor

Last publication 2025 Last refreshed 2026-03-28

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12 h-index 45 pubs 459 cited

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Biography and Research Information

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Noor Akhter's research focuses on the metabolic signaling pathways that regulate pituitary cell differentiation, with a particular emphasis on the role of leptin. Her work has investigated leptin as a metabolic signal influencing somatotroph differentiation and explored sex-specific responses to diet under thermoneutral conditions, using single-cell transcriptomics to identify reduced pituitary plasticity. Akhter also contributes to research on the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on medical students, examining academic performance, stress levels, and the effectiveness of online learning environments. Additionally, her publications include studies on vascular pathology, such as retroaortic left renal veins and arterial aneurysms, often utilizing cadaveric analysis. Akhter is an Associate Professor at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences and collaborates with several researchers within the institution, including Mohsin Syed, Kevin D. Phelan, Tiffany Huitt, and Gwen V. Childs.

Metrics

  • h-index: 12
  • Publications: 45
  • Citations: 459

Selected Publications

  • Vascular Pathology: A Multifocal Cadaveric Analysis of Arterial Aneurysms (2025)
  • THU043 Single-cell Transcriptomics Show Sex-specific Responses To A High Fat Diet, Under Thermoneutral Conditions, Pointing To Reduced Pituitary Plasticity (2023)
  • Bridging the Technology Divide in the COVID-19 Era: Using Virtual Outreach to Expose Middle and High School Students to Imaging Technology (2022)
    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)
  • Retroaortic Left Renal Vein: An Incidental Finding During Cadaver Dissection (2022)
    1 citation DOI OpenAlex
  • Leptin: A Metabolic Signal for the Differentiation of Pituitary Cells (2021)
    1 citation DOI OpenAlex
  • Persistence and Academic Performance of Medical Students in Online Learning Environment During the COVID-19 Pandemic Lockdown (2021)
    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)
    6 citations DOI OpenAlex

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