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ReviewFrontiers in systems neuroscience2015

Understanding how discrete populations of hypothalamic neurons orchestrate complicated behavioral states.

Allison K Graebner, Manasi Iyer, Matthew E Carter

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Review in Frontiers in systems neuroscience, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 23 papers.

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23citing papers in PubMed
2.3field-weighted citation impact, top 12% of its field
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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

23 citing papers in PubMed, 42 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Allison K GraebnerProgram in Neuroscience, Department of Biology, Williams College Williamstown, MA, USA.
Manasi IyerProgram in Neuroscience, Department of Biology, Williams College Williamstown, MA, USA.
Matthew E CarterProgram in Neuroscience, Department of Biology, Williams College Williamstown, MA, USA.
Williams College · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

A major question in systems neuroscience is how a single population of neurons can interact with the rest of the brain to orchestrate complex behavioral states. The hypothalamus contains many such discrete neuronal populations that individually regulate arousal, feeding, and drinking. For example, hypothalamic neurons that express hypocretin (Hcrt) neuropeptides can sense homeostatic and metabolic factors affecting wakefulness and orchestrate organismal arousal. Neurons that express agouti-related protein (AgRP) can sense the metabolic needs of the body and orchestrate a state of hunger. The organum vasculosum of the lamina terminalis (OVLT) can detect the hypertonicity of blood and orchestrate a state of thirst. Each hypothalamic population is sufficient to generate complicated behavioral states through the combined efforts of distinct efferent projections. The principal challenge to understanding these brain systems is therefore to determine the individual roles of each downstream projection for each behavioral state. In recent years, the development and application of temporally precise, genetically encoded tools has greatly improved our understanding of the structure and function of these neural systems. This review will survey recent advances in our understanding of how these individual hypothalamic populations can orchestrate complicated behavioral states due to the combined efforts of individual downstream projections.

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AgRPHcrthypocretinhypothalamusoptogeneticsorexinOVLTpharmacogenetics

Identifiers

PMID26300745
PMCPMC4523943
OpenAlexW1589715749

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