Key Publications

2025

Srikanta Chowdhury*, Nachiket G. Kamatkar*, Wendy Xueyi Wang*, Christa A. Akerele, Jiahao Huang, Junlin Wu, Amajindi Nwankpa, Charlotte M. Kane, Varun M. Bhave, Hao Huang, Xiao Wang, Alexander R. Nectow#,##. “Brainstem neuropeptidergic neurons link a neurohumoral axis to satiation,” Cell, In Press. (##Lead contact) Link

2021

Varun M. Bhave and Alexander R. Nectow#. “The Dorsal Raphe Nucleus in the Control of Energy Balance,” Trends in Neurosciences, 44, 17-32.

2019

Marc Schneeberger#,*, Luca Parolari*, Tania Das Banerjee*, Varun Bhave, Putianqi Wang, Thomas Topilko, Bindiben Patel, Zhuhao Wu, Chan Hee J. Choi, Paul Cohen, Nicolas Renier, Jeffrey M. Friedman#, Alexander R. Nectow#,##. “Regulation of Energy Expenditure by Brainstem GABA Neurons,” Cell, 178, 672-685. (##Lead contact)

2017

Malavika Murugan, Hee Jae Jang, Michelle Park, Ellia Miller, Julia Cox, Joshua Taliaferro, Nathan F. Parker, Varun Bhave, Hong Hur, Yupu Liang, Alexander R. Nectow, Jonathan W. Pillow, Ilana B. Witten#. “Combined Social and Spatial Coding in a Descending Projection from the Prefrontal Cortex,” Cell, 171, 1663-1667.

Other Publications

2019

Efrain A. Ribeiro, Alexander R. Nectow, Mats I. Ekstrand, Lisa E. Pomeranz, Ja Wook Koo, Rosemary C. Bagot, Eric J. Nestler#. “Viral Labeling of Neurons Synaptically Connected to Nucleus Accumbens Somatostatin Interneurons,” PLoS One, 14, e0213476.

2018

Hongxing Zhang, Dipesh Chaudhury, Alexander R. Nectow, et al. “Alpha1 and Beta3 Adrenergic Receptors Mediate Resilience to Social Stress,” Biological Psychiatry, 85, 226-236.

2018

Marc Schneeberger*, Keith Tan*, Alexander R. Nectow, Luca Parolari, Caner Calgar, Estefania Azevedo, Zhiying Li, Ana Domingos, Jeffrey M. Friedman#. “Functional Analysis Reveals Differential Effects of Glutamate and MCH Neuropeptide in MCH Neurons,” Molecular Metabolism, 13, 83-89.

2016

Sarah A. Stanley, Leah Kelly, Kaamashri N. Latcha, Sarah F. Schmidt, Xiaofei Yu, Alexander R. Nectow, Jeremy Sauer, Jonathan P. Dyke, Jonathan S. Dordick, Jeffrey M. Friedman#. “Bidirectional Electromagnetic Control of the Hypothalamus Regulates Feeding and Metabolism,” Nature, 531, 647-650.