Selected Publications

Axen, K., Kuo, Y. F., Harper, M. A., Clarke, S. & Axen, K. Effect of dietary fat on carbohydrate response element binding protein in a rat model of fatty liver and insulin resistance (2012). Bethesda, MD: Federation Amer Soc Exp Biol.

Axen, K., Harper, M. A., Kuo, Y. F., Clarke, S. D. and Axen, K. Dietary obesity impairs regulation of hepatic AMP-activated kinase in rats (2012). Bethesda, MD: Federation Amer Soc Exp Biol.

Deborah J. Walder, Marta Statucka, Maureen P. Daly, Kathleen Axen & Margalit Haber. Biological sex and menstrual cycle phase modulation of cortisol levels and psychiatric symptoms in a non-clinical sample of young adults. In press. Psychiatry Research  197: 314-21, 2012

Axen, K., Harper, M. A. & Axen, K. Relative Effectiveness of Different High-Fat (55% kcal) Diets in Producing Obesity and Glucose Intolerance in Rats (2011). New York, NY: Nature Publishing Group.

Axen, K., Yingling, V., Vasselli, J. R., Butler, T., Roddy, J.& Axen, K. Effects of Dietary Fat and Vitamin D on Adipose Tissue and Bone Development in Female Weanling Rats (2011). New York, NY: Nature Publishing Group.

Axen KV and Axen K. Longitudinal adaptations to very low-carbohydrate weight-reduction diet in obese rats; body composition and glucose tolerance.  Obesity 18:1538-1544, 2010 

Axen KV. Animal Models of Obesity in Encyclopedia of Obesity, Kathleen Keller , editor 2008. Sage Publications

Axen, K.V. and Axen, K. Very low-carbohydrate  vs. isocaloric high-carbohydrate diet in dietary obese rats. Obesity 14:1344-1352, 2006.

Greenberg, J., Axen, K.V., Schnoll, R. and Boozer, C.N. Coffee, tea and diabetes: the role of weight loss and caffeine. Int J Obes (Lond). 29:1121-9, 2005

Axen, K.V, Dikeakos, A. and Sclafani, A. High Dietary Fat Promotes Syndrome X in Non-obese Rats. Journal of Nutrition 133:2244-9, 2003.

Axen, K. and Axen, K.V. Illustrated Principles of Exercise Physiology. Prentice-Hall, New Jersey 2001

Education

• B.S., Home Economics / Dietetics, Hunter College, CUNY, 1974
• M.S., Human Nutrition, Columbia University, 1975
• Ph.D., Nutritional Biochemistry, Columbia University, 1980