Scott E. Kanoski

The paper maps transsynaptic circuits of ventral hippocampus neurons projecting to motivational control regions in rats using viral tracing methods.

This study shows that hippocampal dopamine signaling after meals enhances memory of meal locations and reduces food intake in rats.

This study examines sex-dependent changes in energy homeostasis and amyloid levels in TgF344-AD rats, finding differences in weight gain, thermogenic function, and glucose regulation between males and females.

This study shows that an AGE-rich diet during adolescence impairs memory via hippocampal synaptic deficits and microbiome changes, which can be mitigated by AGE inhibitors.

This study identifies a hippocampal-striatal circuit that regulates impulsive action in male rats, using chemogenetic and fiber photometry approaches.

This study shows that oxytocin neurons in the paraventricular and supraoptic hypothalamic nuclei have opposing effects on food intake, with PVH neurons reducing meal size and SON neurons increasing it.

This study shows that early-life food insecurity in rats leads to memory impairments in adulthood, despite normal metabolic and behavioral outcomes.

This study shows that vagus nerve-mediated acetylcholine release in the dorsal hippocampus supports memory function, and its disruption contributes to obesity-induced cognitive impairments.

The paper identifies ventral hippocampus neurons that encode meal-related memories and shows their role in spatial memory and feeding behavior.

This study shows that endotoxemia-induced inflammation without obesity reduces anxiety-like and impulsive behavior but does not impair learning and memory in rats.

The paper introduces ATLAS, an anterograde transsynaptic tracer based on an antibody-like protein, which enables non-toxic, synaptic, and activity-dependent circuit tracing in vivo and in dissociated cultures.

This study shows that a western diet during development impairs memory by disrupting hippocampal acetylcholine signaling, which can be partially reversed with pharmacological intervention.

This study shows that oxytocin signaling in the dorsal hippocampus promotes prosocial eating in rats by enhancing food consumption with familiar conspecifics and facilitating social transmission of food preference.

This study shows that early-adolescent Western diet exposure impairs memory in male rats long-term, but not in females, while late-adolescent exposure only affects males temporarily.

This study identifies hypothalamic MCH neurons that integrate food-related appetitive and consummatory processes through physiological and behavioral responses.

This study identifies a neural circuit involving the ventral hippocampus and lateral septum that selectively mediates appetitive spatial memory for food or water locations.

This study shows that early-life low-calorie sweetener consumption in rodents leads to long-term metabolic, behavioral, and neural impairments without weight gain.

This study shows that adolescent Western diet consumption in female rats leads to long-lasting memory and gut microbiome issues that are not fully reversed by adult dietary changes.

This study shows that early life sugar consumption alters gut microbiota and impairs hippocampal-dependent memory in rats, with specific bacterial taxa linked to these effects.

This study shows that central oxytocin reduces food-seeking behavior and VTA dopamine responses to food cues in male rats, but not postingestive reward value encoding.

This study shows that ghrelin signaling through vagal afferent neurons affects feeding, metabolism, and memory by targeting GHSR on these neurons.

This study shows that MCH signaling in the nucleus accumbens shell promotes feeding in male rats but not females, with estradiol reducing this effect in females.