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ArticleNeuron2019

The Paraventricular Hypothalamus Regulates Satiety and Prevents Obesity via Two Genetically Distinct Circuits.

Monica M Li, Joseph C Madara, Jennifer S Steger, Michael J Krashes, Nina Balthasar, John N Campbell, Jon M Resch, Nicholas J Conley, Alastair S Garfield, Bradford B Lowell

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Article in Neuron, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 115 papers.

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115citing papers in PubMed
8.9field-weighted citation impact, top 1% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

115 citing papers in PubMed, 201 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

10 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

Monica M LiDivision of Endocrinology, Diabetes, and Metabolism, Department of Medicine, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02215, USA.
Joseph C MadaraDivision of Endocrinology, Diabetes, and Metabolism, Department of Medicine, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02215, USA.
Jennifer S StegerDivision of Endocrinology, Diabetes, and Metabolism, Department of Medicine, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02215, USA.
Michael J KrashesDiabetes, Endocrinology and Obesity Branch, National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA.
Nina BalthasarDivision of Endocrinology, Diabetes, and Metabolism, Department of Medicine, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02215, USA.
John N CampbellDivision of Endocrinology, Diabetes, and Metabolism, Department of Medicine, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02215, USA.
Jon M ReschDivision of Endocrinology, Diabetes, and Metabolism, Department of Medicine, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02215, USA.
Nicholas J ConleyDivision of Endocrinology, Diabetes, and Metabolism, Department of Medicine, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02215, USA.
Alastair S GarfieldDivision of Endocrinology, Diabetes, and Metabolism, Department of Medicine, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02215, USA; Centre for Integrative Physiology, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK. Electronic address: agarfield@rhythmtx.com.
Bradford B LowellDivision of Endocrinology, Diabetes, and Metabolism, Department of Medicine, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02215, USA; Program in Neuroscience, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02215, USA. Electronic address: blowell@bidmc.harvard.edu.
Harvard University · USBeth Israel Deaconess Medical Center · USNational Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases · US

Funding

Transgenic CoreP30DK057521 · NIDDK · MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL · PI KAHN, BARBARA B. · 2000 to 2019
$31.4M
Transgenic CoreP30DK046200 · NIDDK · TUFTS MEDICAL CENTER · PI CORKEY, BARBARA E. · 1992 to 2021
$25.0M
The routing of hunger/satiety information by the parabrachial nucleus (PBN)R01DK075632 · NIDDK · BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER · PI BRADFORD B LOWELL · 2006 to 2026
$8.1M
AGRP NEURONS. NMDARs, Spines, Source of Excitatory Input and Downstream EffectorsR01DK096010 · NIDDK · BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER · PI LOWELL, BRADFORD B · 2012 to 2024
$7.2M
Neurocircuitry Underlying Leptin Regulation of Energy BalanceR01DK089044 · NIDDK · BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER · PI LOWELL, BRADFORD B · 2010 to 2023
$6.0M
Investigating the interaction of motivational systemsZIADK075090 · NIDDK · NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF DIABETES AND DIGESTIVE AND KIDNEY DISEASES · PI KRASHES, MICHAEL J. · 2013 to 2025
$4.7M
Probing neural circuits underlying satietyZIADK075087 · NIDDK · NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF DIABETES AND DIGESTIVE AND KIDNEY DISEASES · PI KRASHES, MICHAEL J. · 2013 to 2025
$4.7M
Investigating addictive/compulsive feeding behaviorZIADK075088 · NIDDK · NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF DIABETES AND DIGESTIVE AND KIDNEY DISEASES · PI KRASHES, MICHAEL J. · 2013 to 2025
$4.7M
Glutamatergic Neurons in the Arcuate Nucleus (ARC) and Regulation of SatietyR01DK111401 · NIDDK · BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER · PI LOWELL, BRADFORD B · 2016 to 2020
$2.2M
AgRP neurocircuitry regulating energy expenditureF32DK103387 · NIDDK · BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER · PI RESCH, JON · 2014 to 2017
$159k
American Heart Association-American Stroke Association 14POST20100011NIDDK NIH HHS F32 DK103387NIDDK NIH HHS P30 DK046200NIDDK NIH HHS P30 DK057521NIDDK NIH HHS R01 DK075632NIDDK NIH HHS R01 DK089044NIDDK NIH HHS R01 DK096010NIDDK NIH HHS R01 DK111401
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

SIM1-expressing paraventricular hypothalamus (PVH) neurons are key regulators of energy balance. Within the PVH

Indexed as

Agouti-Related ProteinAnimalsArcuate Nucleus of HypothalamusBasic Helix-Loop-Helix ProteinsEnergy MetabolismEnkephalinsFeeding BehaviorLocus CoeruleusMiceNeuronsObesityParabrachial NucleusParaventricular Hypothalamic NucleusProtein PrecursorsReceptor, Melanocortin, Type 4Repressor ProteinsAgouti-Related ProteinAgrp protein, mouseBasic Helix-Loop-Helix ProteinsEnkephalinsMC4R protein, mousepreproenkephalinProtein PrecursorsReceptor, Melanocortin, Type 4Repressor ProteinsSim1 protein, mouse

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PMID30879785
PMCPMC6508999
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