Ghrelin modulates the activity and synaptic input organization of midbrain dopamine neurons while promoting appetite

Alfonso Abizaid, Zane B. Andrews, Marya Shanabrough, +8

Journal of Clinical Investigation

Synapse FormationSynaptic TransmissionFood IntakeSocial SciencesGastrointestinal Peptide Hormone +18

Agouti-related peptide–expressing neurons are mandatory for feeding

Eva Gropp, Marya Shanabrough, Erzsébet Borók, +10

Nature Neuroscience

Molecular NeuroscienceSynaptic TransmissionPhysiologyAgouti-related Peptide–expressing NeuronsPeptide Science +7

UCP2 mediates ghrelin’s action on NPY/AgRP neurons by lowering free radicals

Zane B. Andrews, Nicholas Walllingford, Derek M. Erion, +10

Nature

Npy/agrp NeuronsNeuropeptidesMolecular NeuroscienceMolecular PhysiologySignal Transduction +13

Interaction between the Corticotropin-Releasing Factor System and Hypocretins (Orexins): A Novel Circuit Mediating Stress Response

Raphaëlle Winsky‐Sommerer, Akihiro Yamanaka, Sabrina Diano, +6

Journal of Neuroscience

Social SciencesStressNeuroendocrine MechanismHypothalamic PeptideNeurochemistry +18

Synaptic input organization of the melanocortin system predicts diet-induced hypothalamic reactive gliosis and obesity

Tamás L. Horváth, Beatrix Sármán, Cristina García‐Cáceres, +13

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

Melanocortin SystemSynaptic TransmissionSocial SciencesObesityMetabolic Syndrome +19

Serotonin Reciprocally Regulates Melanocortin Neurons to Modulate Food Intake

Lora K. Heisler, Erin E. Jobst, Gregory M. Sutton, +20

Neuron

AppetiteEnergy HomeostasisBehavioral NeurosciencePhysiologyHypothalamic Peptide +5

Agrp Neurons Mediate Sirt1's Action on the Melanocortin System and Energy Balance: Roles for Sirt1 in Neuronal Firing and Synaptic Plasticity

Marcelo O. Dietrich, Catiele Antunes, Geliang Gan, +8

Journal of Neuroscience

NutritionMelanocortin SystemEnergy BalanceFood IntakeNeurotransmission +23

Early-Life Experience Reduces Excitation to Stress-Responsive Hypothalamic Neurons and Reprograms the Expression of Corticotropin-Releasing Hormone

Anikó Kőrösi, Marya Shanabrough, Shawn McClelland, +4

Journal of Neuroscience

Social SciencesCrh GeneNeuroendocrine MechanismHypothalamic PeptideCrh Neurons +16

Divergent Regulation of Energy Expenditure and Hepatic Glucose Production by Insulin Receptor in Agouti-Related Protein and POMC Neurons

Hua Lin, Leona Plum, Hiraku Ono, +6

Diabetes

Insulin ReceptorInsulin SignalingGastrointestinal Peptide HormoneObesityMetabolic Syndrome +20

Prolonged wakefulness induces experience-dependent synaptic plasticity in mouse hypocretin/orexin neurons

Yan Rao, Erzsébet Borók, Rebecca L. Rabenstein, +5

Journal of Clinical Investigation

Sleep DisordersMouse Hypocretin/orexin NeuronsSynaptic TransmissionNeurotransmitterNeurotransmission +18