Two ascending thermosensory pathways from the lateral parabrachial nucleus that mediate behavioral and autonomous thermoregulation

T Yahiro, N Kataoka, K Nakamura - Journal of Neuroscience, 2023 - Soc Neuroscience
Thermoregulatory behavior in homeothermic animals is an innate behavior to defend body
core temperature from environmental thermal challenges in coordination with autonomous …

The lateral parabrachial nucleus, but not the thalamus, mediates thermosensory pathways for behavioural thermoregulation

T Yahiro, N Kataoka, Y Nakamura, K Nakamura - Scientific reports, 2017 - nature.com
Thermoregulatory behaviour, such as migration to a comfortable thermal environment, is a
representative innate animal behaviour and facilitates effective autonomic regulation of body …

A thermosensory pathway mediating heat-defense responses

K Nakamura, SF Morrison - Proceedings of the National …, 2010 - National Acad Sciences
Afferent neural transmission of temperature sensation from skin thermoreceptors to the
central thermoregulatory system is important for the defense of body temperature against …

Central neural control of thermoregulation and brown adipose tissue

SF Morrison - Autonomic Neuroscience, 2016 - Elsevier
Central neural circuits orchestrate the homeostatic repertoire that maintains body
temperature during environmental temperature challenges and alters body temperature …

Parabrachial neuron types categorically encode thermoregulation variables during heat defense

WZ Yang, X Du, W Zhang, C Gao, H Xie, Y Xiao… - Science …, 2020 - science.org
Heat defense is crucial for survival and fitness. Transmission of thermosensory signals into
hypothalamic thermoregulation centers represents a key layer of regulation in heat defense …

Median preoptic area neurons are required for the cooling and febrile activations of brown adipose tissue thermogenesis in rat

EPS da Conceição, SF Morrison, G Cano… - Scientific reports, 2020 - nature.com
Within the central neural circuitry for thermoregulation, the balance between excitatory and
inhibitory inputs to the dorsomedial hypothalamus (DMH) determines the level of activation …

[HTML][HTML] Central neural pathways for thermoregulation

SF Morrison, K Nakamura - Frontiers in bioscience: a journal and …, 2011 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Central neural circuits orchestrate a homeostatic repertoire to maintain body temperature
during environmental temperature challenges and to alter body temperature during the …

Afferent pathways for autonomic and shivering thermoeffectors

K Nakamura - Handbook of clinical neurology, 2018 - Elsevier
Body core temperature of mammals is regulated by the central nervous system, in which the
preoptic area (POA) of the hypothalamus plays a pivotal role. The POA receives peripheral …

Preoptic mechanism for cold‐defensive responses to skin cooling

K Nakamura, SF Morrison - The Journal of physiology, 2008 - Wiley Online Library
We recently identified a somatosensory pathway that transmits temperature information from
the skin to a median subregion of the preoptic area (POA), a thermoregulatory centre. Here …

Genetic identity of thermosensory relay neurons in the lateral parabrachial nucleus

JC Geerling, M Kim, CE Mahoney… - American Journal …, 2016 - journals.physiology.org
The parabrachial nucleus is important for thermoregulation because it relays skin
temperature information from the spinal cord to the hypothalamus. Prior work in rats …