Volume 29, No 10, Oct 2019

ISSN: 1001-0602 
EISSN: 1748-7838 2018 
impact factor 17.848* 
(Clarivate Analytics, 2019)

Volume 29 Issue 10, October 2019: 785-786

RESEARCH HIGHLIGHTS

Cool(ing) brain stem GABA neurons

Ramón A. Piñol¹ and Marc L. Reitman ¹

¹Diabetes, Endocrinology, and Obesity Branch, National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, NIH, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA
Correspondence: Marc L. Reitman (marc.reitman@nih.gov)

The preoptic area of the hypothalamus has received much attention for its role in the control of body temperature and energy expenditure. Using an unbiased approach, Schneeberger et al. have identified neuronal populations in the dorsal raphe nucleus of the brainstem as another major region regulating these processes and brown adipose tissue.

https://doi.org/10.1038/s41422-019-0223-y

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