Neuroscience: Neurons that use a stress hormone increase eating.


Journal

Current biology : CB
ISSN: 1879-0445
Titre abrégé: Curr Biol
Pays: England
ID NLM: 9107782

Informations de publication

Date de publication:
18 Dec 2023
Historique:
medline: 19 12 2023
pubmed: 19 12 2023
entrez: 19 12 2023
Statut: ppublish

Résumé

A neuropeptide called corticotropin-releasing hormone (CRH) is known for stress signaling in the brain. A study now shows that a small population of CRH-expressing neurons situated in the lateral hypothalamus area are involved in sensing olfactory food cues and promoting food consumption in mice.

Identifiants

pubmed: 38113842
pii: S0960-9822(23)01529-4
doi: 10.1016/j.cub.2023.11.015
pii:
doi:

Types de publication

Journal Article

Langues

eng

Sous-ensembles de citation

IM

Pagination

R1296-R1298

Informations de copyright

Copyright © 2023 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.

Déclaration de conflit d'intérêts

Declaration of interests The authors declare no competing interests.

Auteurs

Zhenggang Zhu (Z)

Department of Neurosciences, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093, USA.

Scott M Sternson (SM)

Department of Neurosciences, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093, USA. Electronic address: ssternson@health.ucsd.edu.

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