The elegance of energy balance: Insight from circuit‐level manipulations

This article is a U.S. Government work and is in the public domain in the USA. Synapse published by Wiley Periodicals, Inc. ARCAgRP neurons promote food intake via inhibitory terminal field projections to the aBNST, paraventricular nucleus of the hypothalamus (PVH), lateral hypothalamus, and paraventricular thalamus. ARCAgRP neurons are functionally and monosynaptically connected to distinct subsets of PVH cells upstream marked by thyrotropin releasing hormone/ pituitary adenylate cyclase activating polypeptide and downstream marked by MC4R, which then send efferents to the lateral parabrachial nucleus to mediate appetite control.
Source: Synapse - Category: Neurology Authors: Tags: Review Article Source Type: research