ArticleNature communications2023
Hypothalamic melanin-concentrating hormone neurons integrate food-motivated appetitive and consummatory processes in rats.
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13 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.
Keshav S SubramanianHuman and Evolutionary Biology Section, Department of Biological Sciences, Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-3816-7482
Logan Tierno LauerHuman and Evolutionary Biology Section, Department of Biological Sciences, Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California, USA.
Anna M R HayesHuman and Evolutionary Biology Section, Department of Biological Sciences, Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-9745-3123
Léa Décarie-SpainHuman and Evolutionary Biology Section, Department of Biological Sciences, Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California, USA.
Kara McBurnettHuman and Evolutionary Biology Section, Department of Biological Sciences, Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California, USA.
Anna C NourbashHuman and Evolutionary Biology Section, Department of Biological Sciences, Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California, USA.
Kristen N DonohueHuman and Evolutionary Biology Section, Department of Biological Sciences, Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California, USA.
Alicia E KaoHuman and Evolutionary Biology Section, Department of Biological Sciences, Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California, USA.
Alexander G BashawHuman and Evolutionary Biology Section, Department of Biological Sciences, Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California, USA.
Denis BurdakovDepartment of Health Sciences and Technology, ETH Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland.ORCID 0000-0002-9134-9165
Emily E NobleDepartment of Nutritional Sciences, University of Georgia, Athens, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-7483-031X
Lindsey A SchierHuman and Evolutionary Biology Section, Department of Biological Sciences, Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California, USA.
Scott E KanoskiHuman and Evolutionary Biology Section, Department of Biological Sciences, Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California, USA. kanoski@usc.edu.ORCID 0000-0001-9526-206X
University of Southern California · USETH Zurich · CHUniversity of Georgia · US
Funding
Higher-Order Neural Control of Food IntakeR01DK104897 · NIDDK · UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA · PI KANOSKI, SCOTT EDWARD · 2015 to 2024
$4.3MInteractions between diet and cognitionR01DK123423 · NIDDK · UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA · PI Scott Edward Kanoski · 2019 to 2026
$3.4MControl of feeding behavior by melanin-concentrating hormoneR01DK118402 · NIDDK · UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA · PI Scott Edward Kanoski · 2018 to 2026
$3.2MRoles for Glucosensors in Taste FunctionR01DC018562 · NIDCD · UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA · PI SCHIER, LINDSEY A · 2021 to 2025
$2.5MMelanin-concentrating hormone and the neural regulation of feedingK01DK118000 · NIDDK · UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA · PI NOBLE, EMILY ELIZABETH · 2019 to 2023
$769kCentral melanin-concentrating hormone neural pathways and obesityR03DK128306 · NIDDK · UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA · PI NOBLE, EMILY ELIZABETH · 2021 to 2022
$213kNeurobiological mechanisms of Western diet-induced cognitive dysfunctionF32AG077932 · NIA · UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA · PI HAYES, ANNA MARIE ROSE · 2022 to 2024
$185kNIA NIH HHS F32 AG077932NIDCD NIH HHS R01 DC018562NIDDK NIH HHS K01 DK118000NIDDK NIH HHS R01 DK104897NIDDK NIH HHS R01 DK118402NIDDK NIH HHS R01 DK123423NIDDK NIH HHS R03 DK128306
Abstract
The lateral hypothalamic area (LHA) integrates homeostatic processes and reward-motivated behaviors. Here we show that LHA neurons that produce melanin-concentrating hormone (MCH) are dynamically responsive to both food-directed appetitive and consummatory processes in male rats. Specifically, results reveal that MCH neuron Ca
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