Recent studies indicate that activation of hypothalamic Agouti-related protein (Agrp) neurons
can increase forage-related/repetitive behavior and decrease anxiety levels. However, the …

The ability to develop counter-regulatory mechanisms to maintain energy balance in
response to environmental and physiologic insults is essential for survival, but the …

It is not known whether behaviors unrelated to feeding are affected by hypothalamic
regulators of hunger. We found that impairment of Agouti-related protein (AgRP) circuitry by …

Agouti-related-peptide (AgRP) neurons—interoceptive neurons in the arcuate nucleus of the
hypothalamus (ARC)—are both necessary and sufficient for driving feeding behavior. To …

The decision to engage in food-seeking behavior depends not only on homeostatic signals
related to energy balance [1] but also on the presence of competing motivational drives [2] …

Hypothalamic agouti-related peptide (AgRP) neurons potently stimulate food intake,
whereas proopiomelanocortin (POMC) neurons inhibit feeding. Whether AgRP neurons …

When rats are given access to a running-wheel in combination with food restriction, they will
become hyperactive and decrease their food intake, a paradoxical phenomenon known as …

Hypothalamic Agrp neurons are critical regulators of food intake in adult mice. In addition to
food intake, these neurons have been involved in other cognitive processes, such as the …

Agouti-related peptide (AgRP) neurons increase motivation for food, however, whether
metabolic sensing of homeostatic state in AgRP neurons potentiates motivation by …

Two intermingled hypothalamic neuron populations specified by expression of agouti-
related peptide (AGRP) or pro-opiomelanocortin (POMC) positively and negatively influence …