2026

Kucukdereli H and Douglass AM. Neuroscience: What doesn’t kill you makes you stronger. Current Biology 36 (1) pR27-R29 (2026). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2025.11.056

Li Y, Butler TC, Nardone S, Jacobs CL, Douglass AM, Madara JC, McDonough MC, Tao J, Lowenstein ED, Wang L, Pant D, Walker SJ, Wang A, Arinivasan H, Yang Z,  Campbell JN, Tsai LT, Lowell BB and Resch JM. A spatial and projection-based transcriptomic atlas of paraventricular hypothalamic cell types. Cell Reports 45 116904 (2026). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.celrep.2025.116904

Walker SJ, Lowenstein ED, Douglass AM, Thomas CMP, Madara JC, Kucukdereli H, Barbosa-Meillon EA, Tao K, Resch JM and Lowell BB.. A hypothalamic circuit for anticipating future changes in energy balance. Neuron 114, 3043-3060.e9 (2026). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neuron.2026.05.010.

2024

Douglass AM*#, Kucukdereli H*, Madara JC, Wang D, Wu C, Lowenstein ED, Tao K and Lowell BB#. Acute and circadian regulation of agouti-related peptide hunger neurons. Cell Metabolism 34, p708-722.e5 (2024). http://doi.org/10.1016/j.cmet.2024.11.009. *Co-authorship, #Co-corresponding

2023

Douglass AM*, Resch JM*, Madara JC*, Kucukdereli H, Yizhar O, Grama A, Yamagata M, Yang Z and Lowell BB. Neural basis for fasting activation of the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis. Nature 620, 154-162 (2023). http://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-023-06358-0. *Co-authorship

Featured as a Preview in Cell Metabolism: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cmet.2023.08.004

2019

Perry RJ*, Resch JM*, Douglass AM*, Madara JC, Rabin-Court A, Kucukdereli H, Wu C, Song J, Lowell BB** and Shulman GI**. Leptin’s hunger-suppressing effects are mediated by the Hypothalamic-Pituitary-Adrenocortical axis in rodents. PNAS 116, 13670-13679 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1901795116. *Co-authorship, **Co-corresponding.

Featured as an editorial commentary in Science Translational Medicine: http://doi.org/10.1126/scitranslmed.aay3569

2017

Douglass AM*, Kucukdereli H*, Ponserre M*, Markovic M, Gründemann J, Strobel C, Alcala Morales PL, Conzelmann K, Lüthi A and Klein R. Central amygdala circuits modulate food consumption through a positive valence mechanism. Nature Neuroscience 20, 1384-1394 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1038/nn.4623. *Co-authorship

Featured as an editorial commentary in Science Translational Medicine: http://doi.org/10.1126/scitranslmed.aao6124, a Research Highlight in Nature Reviews Neuroscience: https://doi.org/10.1038/nrn.2017.115, and a News and Views in Nature Neuroscience: https://doi.org/10.1038/nn.4639.