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Nicolai Pena

Howard Hughes Medical Institute

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A Hypothalamic Circuit Underlying the Dynamic Control of Social Homeostasis

Ding Liu, Mostafizur Rahman, Autumn Johnson, Ryunosuke Amo, Iku Tsutsui‐Kimura, Zuri A. Sullivan, Nicolai Pena, Mustafa Talay, Brandon L. Logeman, Samantha Finkbeiner, Lechen Qian, Seungwon Choi, Athena Capo-Battaglia, Ishmail Abdus-Saboor, David D. Ginty, , Catherine G. Dulac

Opposing glutamatergic MPN Isolation and mostly GABAergic MPN Reunion neurons in the mouse preoptic hypothalamus encode social need and satiety, with touch as a likely cue.

Nature · Feb 26, 2025Peer-reviewedNeuroscience✦ In-depth digest