Genetic Identification of Dopamine Neurons Required for Circadian Food Anticipatory Activity in Mice
dopamine population that is required for the motor expression, but not the timekeeping, of food anticipation, revealing a genetic dissociation between circadian prediction and behavioral output.
Authors
- Larry S. Zweifel (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3465-5331)
- Lori L. Scarpa (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4421-1948)
- Jeffrey Falkenstein
- Damien Wolfe
- Jacqueline R. Trzeciak
- Andrew P. Villa
- Martin Darvas (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7942-2526)
- Rajeshwar Awatramani (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0713-2140)
- Andrew D. Steele (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8777-4970)
- F. García (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1905-7969)
- Shin Yamazaki
- Justine Wong
- Wyatt Kaiban
- Chris Chalfoun
- Jaskaran Dhanoa
- Gregory Stevens
- Richard Palmiter
- David Ehichioya
- Lauren Dimalanta
Institutions
- Northwestern University (US)
- California Institute of Technology (US)
- Howard Hughes Medical Institute (US)
- University of Washington (US)
- Southwestern Medical Center (US)
- Behavioral Tech Research, Inc. (US)
- The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center (US)
- California State Polytechnic University (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
- Published
- 2026-03-31
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.64898/2026.03.27.714759
- Primary Topic
- Circadian rhythm and melatonin
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00
Funders
- National Science Foundation
- California Institute of Technology
- Aligning Science Across Parkinson’s
- National Institutes of Health
- National Institute of General Medical Sciences