Research | Christopher A Zimmerman, PhD

A neural mechanism for learning from delayed postingestive feedback

Zimmerman CA, Bolkan SS, Pan-Vazquez A, Wu B, Keppler EF, Meares-Garcia JB, Guthman EM, Fetcho RN, McMannon B, Lee J, Hoag AT, Lynch LA, Janarthanan SR, López Luna JF, Bondy AG, Falkner AL, Wang SSH, Witten IB

Heightened lateral habenula activity during stress produces brainwide and behavioral substrates of susceptibility

Zhukovskaya A, Zimmerman CA, Willmore L, Pan-Vazquez A, Janarthanan SR, Lynch LA, Falkner AL, Witten IB

A gut-to-brain signal of fluid osmolarity controls thirst satiation

Zimmerman CA, Huey EL, Ahn JS, Beutler LR, Tan CL, Kosar S, Bai L, Chen Y, Corpuz TV, Madisen L, Zeng H, Knight ZA

The forebrain thirst circuit drives drinking through negative reinforcement

Leib DE, Zimmerman CA, Poormoghaddam A, Huey EL, Ahn JS, Lin YC, Tan CL, Chen Y, Knight ZA

Thirst neurons anticipate the homeostatic consequences of eating and drinking

Zimmerman CA, Lin YC, Leib DE, Guo L, Huey EL, Daly GE, Chen Y, Knight ZA