Publications | Hentges Lab | Washington State University

Synaptic regulation of food and drug intake

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.
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.

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.

Southard, M.T., Giannotti, G., Thakar, A. et al. (2025). Hyperbaric oxygen treatment attenuates naloxone-precipitated opioid withdrawal behaviors and alters microglial activity in male and female mice. Sci Rep 15, 23677.