Peer-reviewed research articles
Activation of oxytocinergic neurons enhances torpor in mice. Hare MT, Carter ME, Swoap SJ. Journal of Comparative Physiology (2023). PDF
Molecular and anatomical characterization of parabrachial neurons and their axonal projections. Pauli JL, Chen JY, Basiri ML, Park S, Carter ME, Sanz E, McKnight GS, Stuber GD, Palmiter RD. eLife 11:e81868 (2023). PDF
A discrete parasubthalamic nucleus subpopulation plays a critical role in appetite suppression. Kim JH, Kromm GH, Barnhill OK, Sperber J, Heuer LB, Loomis S, Newman MC, Han K, Gulamali FF, Legan TB, Jensen KE, Funderburk SC, Krashes MJ, Carter ME. eLife 11:e75470 (2022). PDF
Hypothalamic neurons that regulate feeding can influence sleep/wake states based on homeostatic need. Goldstein N, Levine BJ, Loy KA, Duke WL, Meyerson OS, Jamnik AA, Carter ME. Current Biology 28(33):3736-3747 (2018). PDF
Identification of discrete, intermingled hypocretin neuronal populations. Iyer M, Essner RA, Klingenberg B, Carter ME. Journal of Comparative Neurology 526(18):2937-2954 (2018). PDF
AgRP neurons can increase food intake during conditions of appetite suppression and inhibit anorexigenic parabrachial neurons. Essner RA, Smith AG, Jamnik AA, Ryba AR, Trutner ZD, Carter ME. Journal of Neuroscience 37(36):8678-8687 (2017). PDF
Review articles, perspectives, and book chapters
Neuroethology: Regulation of pre-sleep behaviors. Carter ME. Current Biology 32(4):R160-162 (2022). PDF
A circuit perspective on narcolepsy. Adamantidis AR, Schmidt MH, Carter ME, Burdakov D, Peyron C, Scammell TE. Sleep 43:5 (2020). PDF
POMC neurons in heat: A link between warm temperatures and appetite suppression. Vicent MA, Mook CL, Carter ME. PLoS Biology 16(5):e2006188 (2018). PDF
Understanding how discrete populations of hypothalamic neurons orchestrate complicated behavioral states. Graebner AK, Iyer M, Carter ME. Frontiers in Systems Neuroscience 9:111 (2015). PDF
Selected articles from work prior to 2013 (before Williams College)
Parabrachial calcitonin gene-related peptide neurons mediate conditioned taste aversion. Carter ME, Han S, Palmiter RD. Journal of Neuroscience 35(11):4582-4586 (2015). PDF
Antagonistic interplay between hypocretin and leptin in the lateral hypothalamus regulates stress responses. Bonnavion P, Jackson AC, Carter ME, de Lecea L. Nature Communications 6:6266 (2015). PDF
Genetic identification of a neural circuit that suppresses appetite. Carter ME, Soden ME, Zweifel LS, Palmiter RD. Nature 503(7474):111-114 (2013). PDF
Mechanism for hypocretin-mediated sleep-to-wake transitions. Carter ME, Brill J, Bonnavion P, Huguenard JR, Huerta R, de Lecea L. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 109(39):E2635-2644 (2012). PDF
Optogenetic disruption of sleep continuity impairs memory consolidation. Rolls A, Colas D, Adamantidis A, Carter ME, Lanre-Amos T, Heller HC, de Lecea L. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 108(32):13305-13310 (2011). PDF
Development of echolocation and communication vocalizations in the big brown bat, Eptesicus fuscus. Monroy JA, Carter ME, Miller KE, Covey E. Journal of Comparative Physiology 197:459-467 (2011). PDF
Tuning arousal with optogenetic modulation of locus coeruleus neurons. Carter ME, Yizhard O, Chikahisa S, Nguyen H, Adamantidis A, Nishino S, Deisseroth K, de Lecea L. Nature Neuroscience 13(12):1526-1533 (2010). PDF
Sleep homeostasis modulates hypocretin-mediated sleep-to-wake transitions. Carter ME, Adamantidis A, Ohtsu H, Deisseroth K, de Lecea L. Journal of Neuroscience 29(35):10939-10949 (2009). PDF