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ArticleNeuron2026

A hypothalamic circuit for anticipating future changes in energy balance.

Samuel J Walker, Elijah D Lowenstein, Amelia M Douglass, Callum M P Thomas, Joseph C Madara, Hakan Kucukdereli, Eunice A Barbosa-Meillon, Jenkang Tao, Jon M Resch, Bradford B Lowell

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Article in Neuron, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

10 authors.

Samuel J WalkerDivision of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism, Department of Medicine, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02215, USA.
Elijah D LowensteinDivision of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism, Department of Medicine, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02215, USA.
Amelia M DouglassDivision of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism, Department of Medicine, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02215, USA.
Callum M P ThomasDivision 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.
Hakan KucukdereliDivision of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism, Department of Medicine, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02215, USA.
Eunice A Barbosa-MeillonDivision of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism, Department of Medicine, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02215, USA.
Jenkang TaoDivision 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 02115, USA.
Jon M ReschDivision of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism, Department of Medicine, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02215, USA; Department of Neuroscience and Pharmacology, University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine, Iowa City, IA, USA.
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 02115, USA. Electronic address: blowell@bidmc.harvard.edu.

Funding

Transgenic CoreP30DK057521 · NIDDK · MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL · PI BROWN, DENNIS · 2000 to 2019
$31.4M
Transgenic CoreP30DK046200 · NIDDK · TUFTS MEDICAL CENTER · PI HU, FRANK B · 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
INTEGRATED ENDOCRINE &METABOLIC RESEARCH TRAININGT32DK007516 · NIDDK · BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER · PI BARBARA B. KAHN · 1986 to 2026
$6.8M
P&F programP30DK135043 · NIDDK · MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL · PI Dennis Brown · 2023 to 2026
$5.4M
Feedforward Activation of AgRP Neurons and HungerR01DK134427 · NIDDK · BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER · PI BRADFORD B LOWELL · 2023 to 2026
$2.0M
Instrumentation for Noninvasive Measurement of Glucose and Energy Balance in Mice with Continuous Glucose Telemetry and Indirect CalorimetryS10OD028635 · OD · BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER · PI BANKS, ALEXANDER · 2020 to 2020
$737k
Central regulation of sodium appetite via synergistic action of RAAS-sensitive neuronsK99HL144923 · NHLBI · BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER · PI RESCH, JON · 2019 to 2020
$332k
NHLBI NIH HHS K99 HL144923NIDDK NIH HHS P30 DK046200NIDDK NIH HHS P30 DK057521NIDDK NIH HHS P30 DK135043NIDDK NIH HHS R01 DK075632NIDDK NIH HHS R01 DK096010NIDDK NIH HHS R01 DK134427NIDDK NIH HHS T32 DK007516NIH HHS S10 OD028635
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

AgRP neurons cause hunger, the drive to seek and consume food. Their activation by fasting is key for survival and is thought to be triggered by feedback when energy stores are low. However, we know that environmental cues can also regulate AgRP neurons since cues that predict future food intake rapidly inhibit AgRP neurons, but is the converse true: can the prediction of future fasting rapidly activate AgRP neurons? Here, we show in mice that such rapid fasting activation of AgRP neurons does occur. This rapid activation is driven by excitatory input from paraventricular hypothalamic (PVH) neurons expressing Sim2, which are bidirectionally sensitive to predictions of future energy state. Thus, cognitively processed contextual information conveyed by PVH

Indexed as

Energy MetabolismFastingHypothalamusNeuronsParaventricular Hypothalamic NucleusAgouti-Related ProteinAnimalsEatingHungerMiceAgouti-Related ProteinAgrp protein, mouseAGRP neuronsappetiteenergy balancefeedingfood intakehomeostasishungerhypothalamusmetabolismneuroscience

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PMID42235510
PMCPMC13353161

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