Xinyan Ni

The paper uses high-resolution imaging to study sympathetic innervation in pancreatic islets of diabetic mice, finding context-dependent effects on glucose regulation.

The paper identifies a parabrachial-hypothalamic parallel circuit in mice that governs cold defense by activating thermogenesis and other responses.

The paper shows that BDNF neurons in the dorsomedial hypothalamus integrate thermal signals to regulate energy expenditure and thermogenesis during cold defense.

The paper identifies two distinct neuron types in the lateral parabrachial nucleus that encode thermoregulation variables during heat defense.