Assistant Professor of Medicine, University of Chicago Medicine

Endocrinology

Plamen Penev practices Endocrinology. He studied medicine at St Louis University School of Medicine. Plamen D. Penev, MD is a published MD. He published 47 publications, including: 'Chronic circadian desynchronization decreases the survival of animals with cardiomyopathic heart disease.'

Publications

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• Effects of sleep restriction on the human plasma metabolome.
• Differences in insulin secretion and sensitivity in short-sleep insomnia.
• Effects of sleep restriction on glucose control and insulin secretion during diet-induced weight loss.
• Update on Energy Homeostasis and Insufficient Sleep.
• Sleep and Eating Behavior in Adults at Risk for Type 2 Diabetes.
• Changes in Insulin Secretion and Action in Adults With Familial Risk for Type 2 Diabetes Who Curtail Their Sleep.
• Short sleep and circulating adipokine concentrations: does the fat hit the fire?
• Insufficient sleep undermines dietary efforts to reduce adiposity.
• Changes in serum TSH and free T4 during human sleep restriction.
• Exposure to recurrent sleep restriction in the setting of high caloric intake and physical inactivity results in increased insulin resistance and reduced glucose toler...
• Sleep curtailment is accompanied by increased intake of calories from snacks.
• Association between sleep and morning testosterone levels in older men.
• Leptin levels are dependent on sleep duration: relationships With sympathovagal balance, carbohydrate regulation, cortisol, and thyrotropin.
• [Lymphoscintigraphic study of maxillofacial region and neck].
• [Diagnostic methods in the Disease of lymphatic system in the maxillofacial region of the neck].
• [Investigation of lymph nodes in maxillofacial region and neck by ultrasound tomography (echography)].
• [Case of total auriculoplastics].
• [Early surgical intervention in the complex treatment of odontogenic osteomyelitis of the lower jaw].
• Alterations in the circadian system in advanced age.
• High prevalence of sleep disturbance in cirrhosis.
• Relationship between REM sleep and testosterone secretion in older men.
• Effects of age on the circadian system.
• A serotonin neurotoxin attenuates the phase-shifting effects of triazolam on the circadian clock in hamsters.
• Pharmacological and genetic approaches for the study of circadian rhythms in mammals.
• Suprachiasmatic nuclei lesions eliminate light/dark variations in short-term feeding responses to deprivation or insulin treatment in rats.
• A reliable technique for midline stereotaxic cannulation of the third ventricle in the rat.
• Quantitative analysis of the age-related fragmentation of hamster 24-h activity rhythms.
• Melatonin: a clinical perspective.
• Aging alters the serotonergic modulation of light-induced phase advances in golden hamsters.
• Serotonin in the spotlight.
• Phase-shifting effects of a serotonin agonist in tau mutant hamsters.
• Suprachiasmatic nuclei lesions eliminate the group circadian rhythm of systolic arterial pressure but not of heart rate in rats.
• Monoamine depletion alters the entrainment and the response to light of the circadian activity rhythm in hamsters.
• Monoamine depletion blocks triazolam-induced phase advances of the circadian clock in hamsters.
• Aging alters the phase-resetting properties of a serotonin agonist on hamster circadian rhythmicity.
• Daily social and physical activity increases slow-wave sleep and daytime neuropsychological performance in the elderly.
• Blood pressure and heart rate rhythmicity: differential effects of late pregnancy.
• Chronic circadian desynchronization decreases the survival of animals With cardiomyopathic heart disease.
• Roles of suprachiasmatic nuclei and intergeniculate leaflets in mediating the phase-shifting effects of a serotonergic agonist and their photic modulation during subje...
• Effect of transplantation of embryonic anterior hypothalamic tissue from spontaneously hypertensive rats to normotensive Wistar rats on circadian rhythms of systolic a...
• The metabolic consequences of sleep deprivation.
• Impact of sleep and sleep loss on neuroendocrine and metabolic function.
• Impact of carbohydrate-rich meals on plasma epinephrine levels: dysregulation With aging.
• Brief communication: Sleep curtailment in healthy young men is associated With decreased leptin levels, elevated ghrelin levels, and increased hunger and appetite.
• Estimating cardiac autonomic activity during sleep: impedance cardiography, spectral analysis, and Poincaré plots.
• Sleep deprivation and energy metabolism: to sleep, perchance to eat?

Schools

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• Medical Academy Sofia 19721990

• St Louis University Mc

• University of Chicago

Conditions Treated

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• Adrenal Incidentaloma
• Adrenal Insufficiency
• Cushing's Syndrome
• Diabetes Type 1
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Doctors Specialties

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• Endocrinology

Accepted Insurances

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• Aetna
• Cigna
• Commercial Insurance Company
• Medicare MCR
• United Healthcare

Education

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• University of Chicago
• St Louis University School of Medicine
• Medical University of Sofia FOM

Hospital

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• University of Chicago Medical Center

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