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Disruption of Pre-Bötzinger Complex neuropeptidergic tonality controls fear and metabolic response
Sanutha Shetty, Amir Farmanbar, Pamela Toh…·Abha Karki Rajbhandari
This paper identifies a brainstem circuit involving PAC1R in preBotC neurons that links stress responses to metabolic regulation, showing its role in fear, respiration, and energy expenditure.
DOI 10.64898/2026.01.01.697304