Nature Communications (Apr 2016)

Awake dynamics and brain-wide direct inputs of hypothalamic MCH and orexin networks

  • J. Antonio González,
  • Panagiota Iordanidou,
  • Molly Strom,
  • Antoine Adamantidis,
  • Denis Burdakov

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms11395
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 7, no. 1
pp. 1 – 9

Abstract

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Hypothalamic neurons expressing melanin-concentrating-hormone (MCH) maintain body weight by orchestrating behaviour and metabolism, but little is known about their intrinsic regulation. Here, Gonzalez and colleagues reveal their behaviour-related dynamics during wakefulness, and map their brain-wide neural inputs.