A hypothalamic circuit for anticipating future changes in energy balance.
Samuel J. Walker, Elijah David 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
The paper shows that environmental cues predicting future fasting rapidly activate AgRP neurons via a circuit involving PVHSim2 neurons.
Neuron · Jun 3, 2026Peer-reviewedNeuroscience