Dr. Charles John Billington MD
Endocrinology-Diabetes | Endocrinology, Diabetes & Metabolism
Minneapolis Vamc, Metabolic Section (111g) One Veterans Drive Minneapolis MN, 55417Rating
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About
Dr. Charles Billington practices Endocrinology in Minneapolis, MN. Dr. Billington specializes in preventing, diagnosing, and treating diseases related to hormone imbalance, and the bodys glands in the endocrine system. Endocrinologists are trained and certified to treat a variety of conditions, including menopause, diabetes, infertility, and thyroid disorders, among many others. Dr. Billington examines patients, determines means of testing, diagnoses, and decides the best treatment methods.
Education and Training
Univ of Ks Sch of Med, Kansas City Ks 1978
Board Certification
Internal MedicineAmerican Board of Internal MedicineABIM- Endocrinology and Metabolism
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Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Urocortin in the hypothalamic PVN increases leptin and affects uncoupling proteins-1 and -3 in rats.
- Injection of alpha-MSH, but not beta-endorphin, into the PVN decreases POMC gene expression in the ARC.
- It's time to start treating obesity.
- Obesity: its time has come.
- Effect of nociceptin/orphanin FQ on food intake in rats that differ in diet preference.
- Naltrexone infusion inhibits the development of preference for a high-sucrose diet.
- Measurement of sleep apnea during obesity treatment.
- Overweight, obesity, and associated disease burden in the Veterans Affairs ambulatory care population.
- Effects of intracerebroventricular ethanol on ingestive behavior and induction of
- Effects of the opioid antagonist naltrexone on feeding induced by DAMGO in the ventral tegmental area and in the nucleus accumbens shell region in the rat.
- Hypothalamic paraventricular injections of ghrelin: effect on feeding and c-Fos immunoreactivity.
- Our journey with neuropeptide Y: effects on ingestive behaviors and energy expenditure.
- Intra-amygdalar injection of DAMGO: effects on c-Fos levels in brain sites associated with feeding behavior.
- Opioids as agents of reward-related feeding: a consideration of the evidence.
- Alterations in food intake by opioid and dopamine signaling pathways between the ventral tegmental area and the shell of the nucleus accumbens.
Awards
- Mpls.St. Paul Magazine Top Doctor 2014
Treatments
- Obesity
- Diabetes
- Endocrinology
Fellowships
- University of Minnesota Hospitals, Minneapolis, Minn. (Endocrinology and Metabolism)
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