A population of dopaminergic neurons in the substantia nigra is required for food-anticipatory activity
Year: 2026
Type: article
Source: Current Biology
Authors: Andrew P. Villa, Jacqueline Trzeciak, Damien Wolfe, David E. Ehichioya, Jeffrey Falkenstein, Justine T. Wong, Renqi Wu, Lauren Dimalanta, Wyatt Kaiban, Jaskaran Dhanoa, Gregory Stevens, Moueez Shah, Fernando Garcia, Lori Scarpa, Chris Chalfoun, Larry S. Zweifel, Rajeshwar Awatramani, Richard D. Palmiter, Martin Darvas, Shin Yamazaki, Andrew D. Steele
Language: English
Subfield: Endocrine and Autonomic Systems
Field: Neuroscience
Domain: Life Sciences
Open Access status: green
Funders: BRAIN Initiative, National Science Foundation, Whitehall Foundation, California Institute of Technology, National Institutes of Health, National Institute of Mental Health, National Institute of General Medical Sciences, National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, Division of Diabetes, Endocrinology, and Metabolic Diseases
Awards: Broadening access with an Armamentarium Vector Core Powered by Inclusive Research Experiences, Neural circuitry and functional significance of extra-SCN pacemakers, G4344966505, NSF Postdoctoral Fellowship in Biology: Investigating a Novel Circadian Time-Keeping Mechanism Revealed by Environmental Manipulation, Investigating dopaminergic neuronal circuits mediating circadian entrainment to scheduled feeding, Identification of a dopamine circuit mediating day eating and diet-induced obesity in mice, Revealing the Palatable Meal-Inducible Circadian Oscillator, G9000365033, G9000365212, Developmental underpinnings of substantia nigra vulnerability, Deciphering dopaminergic circuits required for food anticipatory activity in mice
OpenAlex ID: W7213463872