Aponte et al. 3 extend previous observations in the field with the use of a state-of-the-art optogenetics strategy to functionally probe neural circuits in the medial basal hypothalamus.

Together with recent research suggesting that the medial prefrontal cortex/lateral hypothalamus circuit is crucial for social rank information in mice, these results indicate that this circuit ...

The shell receives inputs mainly from the cortex, basal forebrain, and hypothalamus. The SCN sends outputs to various parts of the brain such as the medial areas of the hypothalamus and thalamus ...

A brain circuit in the mouse basal forebrain that is involved in perceiving the outside world, connects with and overrides feeding behaviors regulated by the hypothalamus. After fasting for 24 ...

image: (Left) When the pathway from the medial prefrontal cortex to the lateral hypothalamus is functional, monkeys are sensitive to others’ rewards.

"When I joined Dr. Benjamin Arenkiel's lab, they had just discovered a unique set of circuits in the basal forebrain, a region separate from the hypothalamus, the brain area that normally regulates ...