Energy homeostasis is tightly regulated to ensure metabolic health in uncertain environments. Neurons expressing the glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor (GLP-1R) contribute to maintaining body weight, bu...

Energy homeostasis is tightly regulated to ensure metabolic health in the face of uncertain environments. Changes in energy states or circulating hormonal signa

Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, is seeking a Visiting Researcher for the Child Health Institute of NJ at the Robert Wood Johnson Medical School.Under the direction of Dr. Mark Rossi (Prin...

Diets that are high in fat cause overeating and weight gain in multiple species of animals, suggesting that high dietary fat is sufficient to cause ob…

Back-to-back studies map complementary hunger and satiety pathways, offering clues to refine weight-loss drugs.

Opioid withdrawal produces a dysphoric state that can lead to relapse. Simon et al. reveal that lateral septal neurotensin-expressing neurons are selectively activated by naloxone and drive changes in...

The lateral hypothalamic area (LHA) mediates reward seeking. Here, the authors show how LHA afferent connections promote reward seeking by shaping synaptic strength according to energy state, processe...

The newly launched Rutgers Center for NeuroMetabolism (CNM), in collaboration with the Child Health Institute of New Jersey (CHINJ), the Department of Neuroscience and Cell Biology (NCB), and the Rutg...

The Rutgers Center for NeuroMetabolism (CNM), a division of the Child Health Institute of New Jersey, is a world-renowned leader in researching the neurological aspects of metabolic health and disease...

Orthogonal murine models demonstrate the bioactivity and neuronal targets of a GLP-1/leptin coagonist in relation to food intake and body weight.

Nature Metabolism - Combining rabies-based connectomics with single-nucleus transcriptomics, the authors identify a neural circuit through which GLP-1 receptor agonists suppress appetite in mice.