Estrogen-sensitive medial preoptic area neurons coordinate torpor in mice

Estrogen-sensitive medial preoptic area neurons coordinate torpor in mice

Torpor is a state of reduced metabolism and body temperature that conserves energy when food is scarce. Here the authors show that estrogen-sensitive neurons in the hypothalamus regulate torpor in mice, maintaining torpor in both sexes but initiating torpor and regulating core temperature differenti...

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Main Authors: Zhi Zhang, Fernando M. C. V. Reis, Yanlin He, Jae W. Park, Johnathon R. DiVittorio, Nilla Sivakumar, J. Edward van Veen, Sandra Maesta-Pereira, Michael Shum, India Nichols, Megan G. Massa, Shawn Anderson, Ketema Paul, Marc Liesa, Olujimi A. Ajijola, Yong Xu, Avishek Adhikari, Stephanie M. Correa
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2020-12-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-20050-1

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