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Sam Z. Bacharach

Monell Chemical Senses Center

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Research Focus:cell type annotation· 2 Assay:electronic health records· 2 Approach:experimental assay· 2 Organism:mouse· 1 Organism:rat· 1

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Amanda Bacherer· 1 shared Amber L. AlhadeffiD· 1 shared Catherine A. StapfiD· 1 shared David Alexander MartiniD· 1 shared Donna J. CaluiD· 1 shared Fangmiao SuniD· 1 shared Heather M. Schneps· 1 shared Joseph F. CheeriD· 1 shared

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NeurosciencebioRxivPreprintSep 15, 2026

A hypothalamic circuit links hunger to mesolimbic dopamine to drive feeding

Sam Z. Bacharach, Katherine A Zappetti, Laryssa de Oliveira Coutinho…·Amber L. Alhadeff

The paper identifies a hypothalamic-midbrain circuit where AgRP neurons modulate mesolimbic dopamine to drive feeding behavior in response to hunger.

DOI 10.64898/2026.09.10.750730

mouseelectronic health records

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NeuroscienceJournal of NeurosciencePeer-reviewedMay 19, 2023

Decreased ventral tegmental area CB1R signaling reduces sign-tracking and shifts cue-outcome dynamics in rat nucleus accumbens

Sam Z. Bacharach, David Alexander Martin, Catherine A. Stapf…·Donna J. Calu

This study shows that reducing CB1R signaling in the VTA decreases sign-tracking behavior and alters cue-outcome dopamine dynamics in the NAc of rats.

11 citations

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