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  • Synaptic release of GABA by AgRP neurons is required for normal regulation of energy balance

    Qingchun Tong;Chian Ping Ye;Juli E. Jones;Joel K. Elmquist

  • Synaptic glutamate release by ventromedial hypothalamic neurons is part of the neurocircuitry that prevents hypoglycemia.

    Qingchun Tong;ChianPing Ye;Rory J. McCrimmon;Harveen Dhillon

  • VGLUT2-Dependent Glutamate Release from Nociceptors Is Required to Sense Pain and Suppress Itch

    Yang Liu;Omar Abdel Samad;Ling Zhang;Bo Duan

  • GABAergic RIP-Cre neurons in the arcuate nucleus selectively regulate energy expenditure

    Dong Kong;Qingchun Tong;Qingchun Tong;Chianping Ye;Shuichi Koda

  • Glucose Stimulation of Hypothalamic MCH Neurons Involves KATP Channels, is Modulated by UCP2, and Regulates Peripheral Glucose Homeostasis

    Dong Kong;Linh Vong;Laura E. Parton;Chianping Ye

  • An obligate role of oxytocin neurons in diet induced energy expenditure.

    Zhaofei Wu;Yuanzhong Xu;Yaming Zhu;Amy K. Sutton

  • A tetravalent TREM2 agonistic antibody reduced amyloid pathology in a mouse model of Alzheimer’s disease

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  • A cholinergic basal forebrain feeding circuit modulates appetite suppression

    Alexander M. Herman;Joshua Ortiz-Guzman;Mikhail Kochukov;Isabella Herman

  • Brain Expression of Cre Recombinase Driven by Pancreas-Specific Promoters

    Junghun Song;Yuanzhong Xu;Xiaoxia Hu;Brian Choi

  • Medullary circuitry regulating rapid eye movement sleep and motor atonia.

    Ramalingam Vetrivelan;Patrick M. Fuller;Qingchun Tong;Jun Lu

  • Estrogens stimulate serotonin neurons to inhibit binge-like eating in mice

    Xuehong Cao;Xuehong Cao;Pingwen Xu;Mario G. Oyola;Yan Xia

  • Steroid receptor coactivator-1 modulates the function of Pomc neurons and energy homeostasis

    Yongjie Yang;Agatha A. van der Klaauw;Liangru Zhu;Liangru Zhu;Tessa M. Cacciottolo

  • Glutamate mediates the function of melanocortin receptor 4 on Sim1 neurons in body weight regulation.

    Yuanzhong Xu;Zhaofei Wu;Hao Sun;Yaming Zhu

  • Activation of Serotonin 2C Receptors in Dopamine Neurons Inhibits Binge-like Eating in Mice.

    Pingwen Xu;Yanlin He;Xuehong Cao;Lourdes Valencia-Torres

  • Central GLP-2 enhances hepatic insulin sensitivity via activating PI3K signaling in POMC neurons

    Xuemei Shi;Fuguo Zhou;Xiaojie Li;Benny Chang

  • Estrogen receptor–α in medial amygdala neurons regulates body weight

    Pingwen Xu;Xuehong Cao;Yanlin He;Liangru Zhu;Liangru Zhu

  • GABAergic projections from lateral hypothalamus to paraventricular hypothalamic nucleus promote feeding.

    Z. Wu;E. R. Kim;H. Sun;Y. Xu

  • Dietary component isorhamnetin is a PPARγ antagonist and ameliorates metabolic disorders induced by diet or leptin deficiency.

    Yu Zhang;Ming Gu;Wujie Cai;Lijing Yu

  • The hypothalamus for whole-body physiology: from metabolism to aging

    Tiemin Liu;Yong Xu;Chun Xia Yi;Qingchun Tong

  • Identification of a neurocircuit underlying regulation of feeding by stress-related emotional responses

    Yuanzhong Xu;Yungang Lu;Ryan M. Cassidy;Leandra R. Mangieri

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