Intersectional genetic targeting of molecularly distinct melanin-concentrating hormone neuron subpopulations reveals distinct and overlapping subcircuit architecture
Monica S. Antony, Persephone A. Miller, William P. Armstrong, Leo DiLeone, Olivia Knuth, Mishael Gill, Tammy Luong, Elizabeth Chamiec-Case, Arnab Barik, Alexander Theodore Chesler, Schwarz A Lindsay, Melissa J. S. Chee, Alexander C. Jackson
The paper identifies two molecularly distinct MCH neuron subpopulations in the LHA and characterizes their unique and overlapping anatomical projections using genetic and imaging approaches.
bioRxiv · Oct 12, 2026 · PreprintNeuroscience