Mapping the neural circuits involved in appetite and feeding behaviour

我的研究项目涉及使用创新的基于遗传的方法解构摄食行为背后的神经回路。我的目的是确定和催产素表达神经元的室旁核，最近已被确定为关键的喂养神经回路的主要预测。这一新兴的研究领域预计将改变我们对肥胖和神经性厌食症等疾病的理解和治疗。

My research project involves deconstructing the neural circuitry underlying feeding behaviour using innovative genetically-based methods. I aim to identify and characterise the major projections of the oxytocin-expressing neurons in the paraventricular hypothalamic nucleus, which have recently been identified as critical in the feeding neurocircuitry. This emerging field of research is predicted to transform our understanding and treatment of disorders such as obesity and anorexia nervosa.