In mice, orexin neurons multiplex the encoding of rapid body-movements with slow changes in blood glucose. The extent to which these neurons correlate with movement across behavioral and metabolic states surprised us! Now a Version of Record in @elife.bsky.social. doi.org/10.7554/eLif...

In our Learning Club @cmc-lab.bsky.social tomorrow (= July 3rd, Thursday, 2 PM CET), @alexandertesmer.bsky.social will tell us about his recent paper (bsky.app/profile/alex...). If you'd like to attend, send an empty email to [email protected] to get the link!

Hunger-driving AgRP neurons are REM-active, and similarly re-activate during cataplexy. Hot off the press from the Burdakov lab! www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

Policy complexity is expensive. How does the brain regulate its investment of cognitive capacity? Our newest paper is on BioRxiv! We examine hypothalamic orexin (and MCH!) -producing neurons for their role in regulating the complexity decision policies. www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

Reviewed preprint is online in @elife.bsky.social: Reviewers raised some important points, revisions coming soon! Orexin population activity precisely reflects net body movement across behavioral and metabolic states doi.org/10.7554/eLif...

Distinct bandwidths of orexin neuron activity independently encode body movement and metabolic state https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2024.08.13.607750v1