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Mutations in the TrkB neurotrophin receptor lead to profound obesity in humans, and expression of TrkB in the dorsomedial hypothalamus (DMH) is critical for maintaining energy homeostasis. However, the functional implications of TrkB-fexpressing neurons in the DMH (DMH TrkB ) on energy expenditure are unclear. Additionally, the neurocircuitry underlying the effect of DMH TrkB neurons on energy homeostasis has not been explored. In this study, we show that activation of DMH TrkB neurons leads to a robust increase in adaptive thermogenesis and energy expenditure without altering heart rate or blood pressure, while silencing DMH TrkB neurons impairs thermogenesis. Furthermore, we reveal neuroanatomically and functionally distinct populations of DMH TrkB neurons that regulate food intake or thermogenesis. Activation of DMH TrkB neurons projecting to the raphe pallidus (RPa) stimulates thermogenesis and increased energy expenditure, whereas DMH TrkB neurons that send collaterals to the paraventricular hypothalamus (PVH) and preoptic area (POA) inhibit feeding. Together, our findings provide evidence that DMH TrkB neuronal activity plays an important role in regulating energy expenditure and delineate distinct neurocircuits that underly the separate effects of DMH TrkB neuronal activity on food intake and thermogenesis.

Discrete TrkB-expressing neurons of the dorsomedial hypothalamus regulate feeding and thermogenesis