Rachel Essner
rachelessner.bsky.social
Rachel Essner
@rachelessner.bsky.social
Neuroscientist 🧠. Runner 🏃🏻‍♀️. PhD candidate at Harvard PiN. Williams College '16
3/ Indeed, by imaging the same neurons across days, we found that Late Ensure neurons are sensitive to stomach stretch, malaise, and satiety signals. These Early vs. Late Ensure neurons were also spatially organized within LPBN.
April 29, 2025 at 7:48 PM
1/ Food (Ensure) consumption drove a seconds-long wave of activity across LPBN, with dynamics that mirrored movement of food through the upper GI tract observed using X-ray fluoroscopy.
April 29, 2025 at 7:48 PM