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ArticleNature communications2025

Striatal astrocytes modulate behavioral flexibility and whole-body metabolism in mice.

Enrica Montalban, Anthony Ansoult, Daniela Herrera Moro Chao, Cuong Pham, Clara Franco, Andrea Contini, Julien Castel, Rim Hassouna, Marene H Hardonk, Anna Petitbon and 6 more

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Article in Nature communications, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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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

2 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Ventral striatal astrocytes contribute to reinforcement learning.bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology · 2025
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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

16 authors.

Enrica MontalbanUniversité Paris Cité, CNRS, Unité de Biologie Fonctionnelle et Adaptative, Paris, France. enrica.montalban@gmail.com.
Anthony AnsoultUniversité Paris Cité, CNRS, Unité de Biologie Fonctionnelle et Adaptative, Paris, France.
Daniela Herrera Moro ChaoUniversité Paris Cité, CNRS, Unité de Biologie Fonctionnelle et Adaptative, Paris, France.
Cuong PhamSorbonne Université, CNRS, Inserm, Institut de Biologie Paris-Seine, Neuro-SU, Paris, France.
Clara FrancoSorbonne Université, CNRS, Inserm, Institut de Biologie Paris-Seine, Neuro-SU, Paris, France.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-4927-3846
Andrea ContiniUniv. Bordeaux, INRAE, Bordeaux INP, NutriNeuro, UMR 1286, Bordeaux, France.
Julien CastelUniversité Paris Cité, CNRS, Unité de Biologie Fonctionnelle et Adaptative, Paris, France.
Rim HassounaUniversité Paris Cité, CNRS, Unité de Biologie Fonctionnelle et Adaptative, Paris, France.
Marene H HardonkUniversité Paris Cité, CNRS, Unité de Biologie Fonctionnelle et Adaptative, Paris, France.ORCID http://orcid.org/0009-0009-1755-8346
Anna PetitbonUniv. Bordeaux, INRAE, Bordeaux INP, NutriNeuro, UMR 1286, Bordeaux, France.ORCID http://orcid.org/0009-0003-8036-1163
Ewout FoppenUniversité Paris Cité, CNRS, Unité de Biologie Fonctionnelle et Adaptative, Paris, France.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-9831-5630
Giuseppe GangarossaUniversité Paris Cité, CNRS, Unité de Biologie Fonctionnelle et Adaptative, Paris, France.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-9045-2139
Pierre TrifilieffUniv. Bordeaux, INRAE, Bordeaux INP, NutriNeuro, UMR 1286, Bordeaux, France.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-7893-9697
Dongdong LiSorbonne Université, CNRS, Inserm, Institut de Biologie Paris-Seine, Neuro-SU, Paris, France.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6731-4771
Serge LuquetUniversité Paris Cité, CNRS, Unité de Biologie Fonctionnelle et Adaptative, Paris, France. serge.luquet@u-paris.fr.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-8668-6645
Claire MartinUniversité Paris Cité, CNRS, Unité de Biologie Fonctionnelle et Adaptative, Paris, France. claire.martin@u-paris.fr.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-5340-8323

Funding

Agence Nationale de la Recherche (French National Research Agency) ANR-19-CE37-0020-02Agence Nationale de la Recherche (French National Research Agency) ANR-20-CE14-0020Agence Nationale de la Recherche (French National Research Agency) ANR-20-CE14-0025-01Fondation pour la Recherche Médicale (Foundation for Medical Research in France) #EQU202003010155
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Brain circuits in reward-associated behaviors are potent drivers of feeding behavior but also recently emerged as regulator of metabolism. Short or chronic exposures to caloric food alter brain structures and are associated with increased astrocytes reactivity and pro-inflammatory responses in both mice and humans. However, the role of striatal astrocytes in regulating adaptive and maladaptive behavioral and metabolic responses to energy-dense food remains elusive. In this study we reveal that chemogenetic manipulation of the astrocytes in striatal structures can exert a direct effect on peripheral metabolism in male mice, and that manipulation of astrocytes in the dorsal striatum can alter peripheral metabolism and is sufficient to restore cognitive deficit induced by chronic high fat high sucrose (HFHS) diet exposure in obese mice. Altogether, this work reveals a yet unappreciated role for striatal astrocytes as a direct operator of flexible behavior and metabolic control.

Indexed as

AstrocytesBehavior, AnimalCorpus StriatumAnimalsDiet, High-FatEnergy MetabolismFeeding BehaviorMaleMiceMice, Inbred C57BLObesity

Identifiers

PMID40624006
PMCPMC12234688

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Registered trials

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