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ArticleNature2024

A brainstem-hypothalamus neuronal circuit reduces feeding upon heat exposure.

Marco Benevento, Alán Alpár, Anna Gundacker, Leila Afjehi, Kira Balueva, Zsofia Hevesi, János Hanics, Sabah Rehman, Daniela D Pollak, Gert Lubec and 4 more

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Article in Nature, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 21 papers.

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0cells of the map it votes in
21citing papers in PubMed
7.4field-weighted citation impact, top 2% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

21 citing papers in PubMed, 25 citations in OpenAlex.

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  18. Hypothalamic neuronal-glial crosstalk in metabolic disease.npj metabolic health and disease · 2024
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

14 authors at 7 institutions in 6 countries.

Marco BeneventoDepartment of Molecular Neurosciences, Center for Brain Research, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria.ORCID 0000-0002-3555-894X
Alán AlpárDepartment of Anatomy, Histology, and Embryology, Semmelweis University, Budapest, Hungary.
Anna GundackerDepartment of Neurophysiology and Neuropharmacology, Center for Physiology and Pharmacology, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria.
Leila AfjehiProgramme Proteomics, Paracelsus Medizinische Privatuniversität, Salzburg, Austria.
Kira BaluevaInstitute of Physiology, Christian Albrechts University, Kiel, Germany.
Zsofia HevesiDepartment of Molecular Neurosciences, Center for Brain Research, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria.
János HanicsDepartment of Anatomy, Histology, and Embryology, Semmelweis University, Budapest, Hungary.
Sabah RehmanDepartment of Molecular Neurosciences, Center for Brain Research, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria.
Daniela D PollakDepartment of Neurophysiology and Neuropharmacology, Center for Physiology and Pharmacology, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria.ORCID 0000-0002-9584-6257
Gert LubecProgramme Proteomics, Paracelsus Medizinische Privatuniversität, Salzburg, Austria.
Peer WulffInstitute of Physiology, Christian Albrechts University, Kiel, Germany.
Vincent PrevotUniversity of Lille, INSERM, CHU Lille, Development and Plasticity of the Neuroendocrine Brain, Lille Neuroscience and Cognition, UMR S1172, EGID, Lille, France.ORCID 0000-0001-7185-3615
Tamas L HorvathDepartment of Comparative Medicine, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-7522-4602
Tibor HarkanyDepartment of Molecular Neurosciences, Center for Brain Research, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria. Tibor.Harkany@meduniwien.ac.at.ORCID 0000-0002-6637-5900
Medical University of Vienna · ATChristian-Albrechts-Universität zu Kiel · DEParacelsus Medical University · ATSemmelweis University · HUInserm · FRKarolinska Institutet · SEYale University · US

Funding

The role of AgRP/Auga-ALK pathway in FGF21's brain action on agingP01AG051459 · NIA · YALE UNIVERSITY · PI VISHWA DEEP DIXIT · 2016 to 2026
$25.7M
Hypothalamus-driven anti-aging processes impact murine models of Alzheimer's DiseaseR01AG067329 · NIA · YALE UNIVERSITY · PI HORVATH, TAMAS L · 2020 to 2024
$3.2M
The role of mitochondrial dynamics in diet-influenced regulation of food intake and adiposityR01DK126447 · NIDDK · YALE UNIVERSITY · PI HORVATH, TAMAS L, RODEHEFFER, MATTHEW S · 2021 to 2024
$2.3M
MCHergic control of feeding and energy balance in the LH areaR01DK120891 · NIDDK · YALE UNIVERSITY · PI GAO, XIAO-BING, HORVATH, TAMAS L · 2020 to 2023
$2.1M
Zona incerta GABA neurons modulate energy homeostasisR01DK115933 · NIDDK · YALE UNIVERSITY · PI GUNEL, MURAT · 2017 to 2021
$2.0M
NIA NIH HHS P01 AG051459NIA NIH HHS R01 AG067329NIDDK NIH HHS R01 DK115933NIDDK NIH HHS R01 DK120891NIDDK NIH HHS R01 DK126447
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Empirical evidence suggests that heat exposure reduces food intake. However, the neurocircuit architecture and the signalling mechanisms that form an associative interface between sensory and metabolic modalities remain unknown, despite primary thermoceptive neurons in the pontine parabrachial nucleus becoming well characterized

Indexed as

Brain StemEpendymoglial CellsFeeding BehaviorHot TemperatureHypothalamusNeural PathwaysNeuronsAgouti-Related ProteinAnimalsArcuate Nucleus of HypothalamusDopamineEatingFemaleGlutamic AcidMaleMiceAgouti-Related ProteinDopamineFlt1 protein, mouseFos protein, mouseGlutamic AcidProto-Oncogene Proteins c-fosVAMP2 protein, humanVascular Endothelial Growth Factor Avascular endothelial growth factor A, mouseVascular Endothelial Growth Factor Receptor-1Vesicle-Associated Membrane Protein 2

Identifiers

PMID38538787
PMCPMC11041654
OpenAlexW4393218955

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