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ReviewVitamins and hormones2025

Hypothalamic neural circuits regulating energy expenditure.

Rashmita Basu, Jonathan N Flak

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Review in Vitamins and hormones, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

5 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Improving incretin-mediated body weight loss via energy expenditure.Trends in endocrinology and metabolism: TEM · 2026
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors.

Rashmita BasuLilly Diabetes Research Center, Indiana Biosciences Research Institute, Indianapolis, IN, United States; Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN, United States.
Jonathan N FlakLilly Diabetes Research Center, Indiana Biosciences Research Institute, Indianapolis, IN, United States; Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN, United States. Electronic address: jflak@indianabiosciences.org.

Funding

Defining the neurocircuit activated by the VMH to control energy expenditure.R01DK136897 · NIDDK · INDIANA UNIVERSITY INDIANAPOLIS · PI Jonathan Nicholas Flak · 2023 to 2026
$1.7M
NIDDK NIH HHS R01 DK136897
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The hypothalamus plays a central role in regulating energy expenditure and maintaining energy homeostasis, crucial for an organism's survival. Located in the ventral diencephalon, it is a dynamic and adaptable brain region capable of rapid responses to environmental changes, exhibiting high anatomical and cellular plasticity and integrates a myriad of sensory information, internal physiological cues, and humoral factors to accurately interpret the nutritional state and adjust food intake, thermogenesis, and energy homeostasis. Key hypothalamic nuclei contain distinct neuron populations that respond to hormonal, nutrient, and neural inputs and communicate extensively with peripheral organs like the gastrointestinal tract, liver, pancreas, and adipose tissues to regulate energy production, storage, mobilization, and utilization. The hypothalamus has evolved to enhance energy storage for survival in famine and scarce environments but contribute to obesity in modern contexts of caloric abundance. It acts as a master regulator of whole-body energy homeostasis, rapidly adapting to ensure energy supplies for cellular functions. Understanding hypothalamic function, pertaining to energy expenditure, is crucial for developing targeted interventions to address metabolic disorders, offering new insights into the neural control of metabolic states and potential therapeutic strategies.

Indexed as

Energy MetabolismHypothalamusAnimalsHomeostasisHumansBrainBrown adipose tissueCNSEnergy balanceHypothalamic dysfunctionObesityThermogenesisThermoregulation

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PMID39864947
PMCPMC12007011

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