Melanin-concentrating hormone and orexin shape social affective behavior via action in the insular cortex of rat.
Lucas Barretto-de-SouzaShemar A JosephFrancesca M LynchAlexandra J NgCarlos C CrestaniJohn P ChristiansonPublished in: Psychopharmacology (2023)
Taken together, these results suggest that lateral hypothalamus peptides shape the direction of social approach or avoidance via actions MCH and orexin neurotransmission in the insular cortex.