The Inhibition of Neurons in the Central Nervous Pathways for Thermoregulatory Cold Defense Induces a Suspended Animation State in the Rat

Matteo Cerri, Marco Mastrotto, Domenico Tupone, +5

Journal of Neuroscience

Synaptic TransmissionNeurotransmitterNeuromodulation TherapiesAnesthetic MechanismNeurotransmission +25

Molecular Prerequisites for Diminished Cold Sensitivity in Ground Squirrels and Hamsters

Vanessa Matos‐Cruz, Eve R. Schneider, Marco Mastrotto, +3

Cell Reports

Mammalian PhysiologyRodent EcologyNeurotransmissionCellular PhysiologyGround Squirrels +18

Neuronal mechanism for acute mechanosensitivity in tactile-foraging waterfowl

Eve R. Schneider, Marco Mastrotto, Willem J. Laursen, +6

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

Molecular basis of tactile specialization in the duck bill

Eve R. Schneider, Evan O. Anderson, Marco Mastrotto, +6

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

Neuronal UCP1 expression suggests a mechanism for local thermogenesis during hibernation

Willem J. Laursen, Marco Mastrotto, Dominik Pesta, +7

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

Mammalian PhysiologySquirrel BrainNeurotransmissionCellular NeurobiologyCellular Physiology +24

A Cross-Species Analysis Reveals a General Role for Piezo2 in Mechanosensory Specialization of Trigeminal Ganglia from Tactile Specialist Birds

Eve R. Schneider, Evan O. Anderson, Viktor V. Feketa, +4

Cell Reports

The Direct Cooling of the Preoptic-Hypothalamic Area Elicits the Release of Thyroid Stimulating Hormone during Wakefulness but Not during REM Sleep

Davide Martelli, Marco Luppi, Matteo Cerri, +5

PLoS ONE

Social SciencesHyperthermiaThyroid Stimulating HormoneNeuroendocrine MechanismSleep Physiology +18

Enhanced Slow-Wave EEG Activity and Thermoregulatory Impairment following the Inhibition of the Lateral Hypothalamus in the Rat

Matteo Cerri, Flavia Del Vecchio, Marco Mastrotto, +6

PLoS ONE

Sleep DisordersSleep HealthBrain MechanismThermoregulatory ImpairmentHypothalamic Circuits +27

Somatosensory Neurons Enter a State of Altered Excitability during Hibernation

Lydia J. Hoffstaetter, Marco Mastrotto, Dana K. Merriman, +4

Current Biology