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Alejandro López-Cruz

Howard Hughes Medical Institute

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Opposing GIPR brainstem circuits differentially control feeding behaviour

Natalie S. Figueredo Burgos, Alejandro López-Cruz, Cecilia Skoug, Anna G. Roberts, Kathryn Xie, Iona Davies, Norio Harada, Nobuya Inagaki, Frank M. Reimann, Fiona Mary Gribble, Ben Jones, Daniel I. Brierley, Stefan Trapp, Zachary A. Knight, Alice E. Adriaenssens

The paper identifies opposing roles of GIPR neurons in the area postrema and nucleus tractus solitarius in controlling feeding behavior and satiation.

bioRxiv · Jul 7, 2026 · PreprintNeuroscience

Functional segregation of body-brain signals in the area postrema

Alejandro López-Cruz, Natalie S. Figueredo Burgos, Anna M. Hakimi, Kathryn Xie, Mo Mao, Mahekdeep Kaur, Antionette Spina, Katie Choi, Longhui Qiu, Teresa E. Lever, Fiona Mary Gribble, Frank M. Reimann, Martin Grosvenor Myers, Alice E. Adriaenssens, Zachary A. Knight

The paper identifies distinct AP neuron subtypes that respond to different macronutrients and physiological signals, revealing their roles in satiety and homeostasis beyond nausea.

bioRxiv · Jun 19, 2026 · PreprintNeuroscience

Parallel multimodal circuits control an innate foraging behavior

Alejandro López-Cruz, Aylesse Sordillo, Navin Pokala, Qiang Liu, Patrick T. McGrath, Cornelia I. Bargmann

The paper identifies parallel multimodal circuits in C. elegans that control local search behavior after food removal, showing redundancy and integration of chemosensory and mechanosensory inputs.

Neuron · Feb 26, 2019Peer-reviewedNeuroscience