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NCBI Bibliography

Stress integration
Opioid summary
Sayar Cover
NTS TH to PVN
Serotonin Summary
NTS TH to ARC

Selected publications

Spicer MM, Yang J, Fu D, DeVore AN, Lauffer M, Atasoy NS, Atasoy D, Fisher RA. Regulator of G protein signaling 6 mediates exercise-induced recovery of hippocampal neurogenesis, learning, and memory in a mouse model of Alzheimer's disease. Neural Regen Res. 2025 Oct 1;20(10):2969-2981. doi: 10.4103/NRR.NRR-D-23-01993. Epub 2024 Sep 6. PubMed PMID: 39248184.

Laule C, Sayar-Atasoy N, Aklan I, Kim H, Ates T, Davis D, Atasoy D. Stress integration by an ascending adrenergic-melanocortin circuit. Neuropsychopharmacology. 2024 Aug;49(9):1361-1372. doi: 10.1038/s41386-024-01810-9. Epub 2024 Feb 7. PubMed PMID: 38326456; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC11251172.

Sayar-Atasoy N*, Yavuz* Y, Laule C, Dong C, Kim H, Rysted J, Flippo K, Davis D, Aklan I, Yilmaz B, Tian L, Atasoy D. Opioidergic signaling contributes to food-mediated suppression of AgRP neurons. Cell Rep. 2024 Jan 23;43(1):113630. doi: 10.1016/j.celrep.2023.113630. Epub 2024 Jan 1. PubMed PMID: 38165803; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC10865729.

Sayar-Atasoy N, Aklan I, Yavuz Y, Laule C, Kim H, Rysted J, Alp MI, Davis D, Yilmaz B, Atasoy D. AgRP neurons encode circadian feeding time. Nat Neurosci. 2024 Jan;27(1):102-115. doi: 10.1038/s41593-023-01482-6. Epub 2023 Nov 13. PubMed PMID: 37957320; NIHMSID:NIHMS2036653.

Sayar-Atasoy N*, Laule C*, Aklan I, Kim H, Yavuz Y, Ates T, Coban I, Koksalar-Alkan F, Rysted J, Davis D, Singh U, Alp MI, Yilmaz B, Cui H, Atasoy D. Adrenergic modulation of melanocortin pathway by hunger signals. Nat Commun. 2023 Oct 19;14(1):6602. doi: 10.1038/s41467-023-42362-8. PubMed PMID: 37857606; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC10587058.

Aklan I, Sayar-Atasoy N, Deng F, Kim H, Yavuz Y, Rysted J, Laule C, Davis D, Li Y, Atasoy D. Dorsal raphe serotonergic neurons suppress feeding through redundant forebrain circuits. Mol Metab. 2023 Mar;69:101676. doi: 10.1016/j.molmet.2023.101676. Epub 2023 Jan 20. PubMed PMID: 36682413; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC9923194.

Flippo KH, Trammell SAJ, Gillum MP, Aklan I, Perez MB, Yavuz Y, Smith NK, Jensen-Cody SO, Zhou B, Claflin KE, Beierschmitt A, Fink-Jensen A, Knop FK, Palmour RM, Grueter BA, Atasoy D, Potthoff MJ. FGF21 suppresses alcohol consumption through an amygdalo-striatal circuit. Cell Metab. 2022 Feb 1;34(2):317-328.e6. doi: 10.1016/j.cmet.2021.12.024. PubMed PMID: 35108517; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC9093612.

Jensen-Cody SO, Flippo KH, Claflin KE, Yavuz Y, Sapouckey SA, Walters GC, Usachev YM, Atasoy D, Gillum MP, Potthoff MJ. FGF21 Signals to Glutamatergic Neurons in the Ventromedial Hypothalamus to Suppress Carbohydrate Intake. Cell Metab. 2020 Aug 4;32(2):273-286.e6. doi: 10.1016/j.cmet.2020.06.008. Epub 2020 Jul 7. PubMed PMID: 32640184; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC7734879.

Aklan I*, Sayar Atasoy N*, Yavuz Y*, Ates T*, Coban I, Koksalar F, Filiz G, Topcu IC, Oncul M, Dilsiz P, Cebecioglu U, Alp MI, Yilmaz B, Davis DR, Hajdukiewicz K, Saito K, Konopka W, Cui H, Atasoy D. NTS Catecholamine Neurons Mediate Hypoglycemic Hunger via Medial Hypothalamic Feeding Pathways. Cell Metab. 2020 Feb 4;31(2):313-326.e5. doi: 10.1016/j.cmet.2019.11.016. Epub 2019 Dec 12. PubMed PMID: 31839488; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC9017597.