News Medical: New insights into leptin's role in hypothalamic neural circuit development
Researchers from the Vanderbilt University School of Medicine Basic Sciences have uncovered the first example of activity-dependent development of hypothalamic neural circuitry. Although previous ...
EurekAlert!: Prize winner’s research reveals how complex neural circuits are correctly wired during brain development
Cheng Lyu is the winner of the 2025 Eppendorf & Science Prize for Neurobiology for her work in understanding how neural circuits assemble with such remarkable precision during development. Neural ...
Prize winner’s research reveals how complex neural circuits are correctly wired during brain development
GEN: Architect of Neural Circuits Plays Unexpected Role in Spinal Cord Development
Researchers from the lab of Richard Simerly have uncovered the first example of activity-dependent development of hypothalamic neural circuitry. The work also suggests a novel role for the hunger ...
Protocadherins, a subfamily within the cadherin superfamily, are fundamental to the precise organisation of neural circuits. They contribute to cell adhesion mechanisms that underlie synaptic ...
Medical Xpress on MSN: Smart laser dimmer cuts neural crosstalk in brain-circuit imaging and control
EurekAlert!: Vanderbilt authors find evidence that the hunger hormone leptin can direct neural development in a leptin receptor–independent manner
Vanderbilt authors find evidence that the hunger hormone leptin can direct neural development in a leptin receptor–independent manner
Adolescence is widely thought to be a time when the brain trims away excess neural connections, refining circuits through synaptic pruning. New research now suggests this view may be incomplete.
Science Daily: Hunger hormone leptin can direct neural development in a leptin receptor-independent manner
Hunger hormone leptin can direct neural development in a leptin receptor-independent manner