Recent Research Papers
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Christensen, C. W., Weed, S. E., Brown, T. E., & Hentges, S. T. (2025). Exploring the role of beta-endorphin in activity-based anorexia in mice. Physiological Reports, 13(3), e70201.
Daimon, C. M., & Hentges, S. T. (2022). Inhibition of POMC neurons in mice undergoing activity-based anorexia selectively blunts food anticipatory activity without affecting body weight or food intake. American Journal of Physiology-Regulatory, Integrative and Comparative Physiology, 322(3), R219-R227.
Metz, M. J., Daimon, C. M., King, C. M., Rau, A. R., & Hentges, S. T. (2021). Individual arcuate nucleus proopiomelanocortin neurons project to select target sites.. American Journal of Physiology-Regulatory, Integrative and Comparative Physiology, 321(6), R982-R989.
Collaborator
McGovern, D. J., Ly, A., Ecton, K. L., Huynh, D. T., Prévost, E. D., Gonzalez, S. C., McNulty, C. J., Rau, A. R., Hentges, S. T., Daigle, T. L., Tasic, B., Baratta, M. V., & Root, D. H. (2024). Ventral tegmental area glutamate neurons mediate nonassociative consequences of stress. Molecular Psychiatry, 29(6), 1671-1682.
Schaeuble, D., Wallace, T., Pace, S. A., Hentges, S. T., & Myers, B. (2024). Sex-specific prefrontal-hypothalamic control of behavior and stress responding. Psychoneuroendocrinology, 159, 106413.
Metz, M. J., Daimon, C. M., & Hentges, S. T. (2021). Reported Benefits of Low-Dose Naltrexone Appear to Be Independent of the Endogenous Opioid System Involving Proopiomelanocortin Neurons and β-Endorphin. eneuro, 8(3), ENEURO.0087-0021.2021.