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Microglia are Required for Developmental Specification of AgRP Innervation in the Hypothalamus of Offspring Exposed to Maternal High Fat Diet During Lactation

HN Mendoza-Romero, JE Biddinger, MN Bedenbaugh, RB Simerly

bioRxiv 2024. PMID: 39185162

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An ensemble recruited by α2a-adrenergic receptors is engaged in a stressor-specific manner in mice

JA Brown, N Petersen, SW Centanni, AY Jin, HJ Yoon, SA Cajigas,  MN Bedenbaugh, JR Luchsinger, S Patel, ES Calipari, RB Simerly, DG Winder

Neuropsychopharmacology 48 (8), 1133-1143. 2023. PMID: 36085168

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BNST PKCδ neurons are activated by specific aversive conditions to promote anxiety-like behavior

KM Williford, A Taylor, JR Melchior, HJ Yoon, E Sale, MD Negasi, DN Adank, JA Brown, MN Bedenbaugh, JR Luchsinger, SW Centanni, S Patel, ES Calipari, RB Simerly, DG Winder

Neuropsychopharmacology 48 (7), 1031-1041. 2023. PMID: 36941364

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Organization of neural systems expressing melanocortin‐3 receptors in the mouse brain: Evidence for sexual dimorphism

MN Bedenbaugh, SC Brener, J Maldonado, RN Lippert, P Sweeney, RD Cone, RB Simerly. Journal of Comparative Neurology 530 (16), 2835-2851. 2022. PMID: 35770983 (cover image)

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MC3R links nutritional state to childhood growth and the timing of puberty

BYH Lam, A Williamson, S Finer, FR Day, JA Tadross, A Gonçalves Soares, K Wade, P Sweeney, MN Bedenbaugh, DT Porter, A Melvin, KLJ Ellacott, RN Lippert, S Buller, J Rosmaninho-Salgado, GKC Dowsett, KE Ridley, Z Xu, I Cimino, D Rimmington, K Rainbow, K Duckett, S Holmqvist, A Khan, X Dai, EG Bochukova, Genes & Health Research Team, RC Trembath, HC Martin, AP Coll, DH Rowitch, NJ Wareham, DA van Heel, N Timpson, RB Simerly, KK Ong, RD Cone, C Langenberg, JRB Perry, GS Yeo, S O’Rahilly

Nature 599 (7885), 436-441. 2021. PMID: 34732894 

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The melanocortin-3 receptor is a pharmacological target for the regulation of anorexia

P Sweeney*, MN Bedenbaugh*, J Maldonado, P Pan, K Fowler, SY Williams, LE Gimenez, M Ghamari-Langroudi, G Downing, Y Gui, CK Hadley, ST Joy, AK Mapp, RB Simerly, RD Cone. Science translational medicine 13 (590), eabd6434. 2021. PMID: 33883274 (coverimage)

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*Denotes co-first authors.