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

oleh: Yuanzhong Xu, Yungang Lu, Ryan M. Cassidy, Leandra R. Mangieri, Canjun Zhu, Xugen Huang, Zhiying Jiang, Nicholas J. Justice, Yong Xu, Benjamin R. Arenkiel, Qingchun Tong

Format: Article
Diterbitkan: Nature Portfolio 2019-08-01

Deskripsi

Eating disorders are often comorbid with emotional and psychiatric symptoms yet the underlying neural circuits are poorly understood. Here, the authors report that projections from the paraventricular hypothalamus to the ventral part of the lateral septum regulates both feeding and behavioral responses to stress.