Friedman Reading List: “Control of Body Weight, Appetite, Metabolism”
Reading for all students for the April 5, 2010 lecture:
From lesions to leptin: Hypothalamic control of food intake and body weight. Neuron 22:221-232 (1999). PDF
The neuroanatomical axis for control of energy balance. Frontiers in Neuroendocrinology 23:2-40 (2002). PDF
Obesity Wars: Molecular progress confronts an expanding epidemic. Cell 116:337-350 (2004). PDF
Reading for student presentations on April 12, 2010:
Ann Monahan & Nawreen Rahman
PAPER 1
Phasic firing in dopaminergic neurons is sufficient for behavioral conditioning. Tsai et al. Science 324:1080-1084 (2009). PDF
Tsai et al. Supplemental Materials. PDF
PAPER 2
NPY/AgRP Neurons Are Essential for Feeding in Adult Mice but Can Be Ablated in Neonates. Luquet al. Science 310:683-685 (2005). PDF
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