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Maya Kota

University of Illinois ChicagoORCID 0000-0002-9060-3643Unclaimed ORCID profile · follow to get notified of new preprints

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Assay:bulk RNA-seq· 2 Research Focus:cell type annotation· 2 Organism:mouse· 2 Research Focus:cancer & tumor microenvironment· 1 Approach:genetic perturbation / CRISPR· 1 Research Focus:metabolism & bioenergetics· 1 Approach:statistical model· 1

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Medial preoptic area FoxO1 controls metabolic adaptation in a sexually dimorphic manner

Pei Luo, Xiaohua Yang, Qi Xu, Lau Lee How, Valeria C. Torres Irizarry, LESLIE CARRILLO-SÁENZ, Marcos David Munoz, Wei Dong, Lucas Ibrahimi, Sarah Schaul, Nirali Patel, NIMISHA ANTONY, Devin Dixit, Maya Kota, Christopher Freeman, , Pingwen Xu

This study shows FoxO1 in the medial preoptic area (MPOA) influences metabolic adaptation to diet and temperature, with effects specific to female mice.

bioRxiv · Jun 25, 2025 · PreprintPhysiology

Estrogen signaling in the dorsal raphe regulates binge-like drinking in mice

Valeria C. Torres Irizarry, Bing Cheng Feng, Xiaohua Yang, Nirali Patel, Sarah Schaul, Lucas Ibrahimi, Hui Ye, Pei Luo, LESLIE CARRILLO-SÁENZ, Penghua Lai, Maya Kota, Devin Dixit, Chunmei Wang, Amy W. Lasek, Yanlin He, Pingwen Xu

This study shows that estrogen signaling through ER and ERβ in 5-HTDRN neurons influences binge drinking behavior in mice, with ER agonists reducing alcohol-induced neuronal activity and binge drinking.

Translational Psychiatry · Feb 27, 2024Peer-reviewedNeuroscience