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    Identification of a neurocircuit underlying regulation of feeding by stress-related emotional responses

    Feeding is known to be profoundly affected by stress-related emotional states and eating disorders are comorbid with psychiatric symptoms and altered emotional responses. The neural basis underlying feeding re...

    Yuanzhong Xu, Yungang Lu, Ryan M. Cassidy, Leandra R. Mangieri in Nature Communications (2019)

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    A neural basis for antagonistic control of feeding and compulsive behaviors

    Abnormal feeding often co-exists with compulsive behaviors, but the underlying neural basis remains unknown. Excessive self-grooming in rodents is associated with compulsivity. Here, we show that optogenetical...

    Leandra R. Mangieri, Yungang Lu, Yuanzhong Xu, Ryan M. Cassidy in Nature Communications (2018)