Andrew Lutas, Ph.D., Stadtman Tenure-Track Investigator
Acting Section Chief:
Neuromodulation and Motivation Section, Diabetes, Endocrinology, & Obesity Branch
Scientific Focus Areas: Neuroscience, Social and Behavioral Sciences, Molecular Biology and Biochemistry, Molecular Pharmacology, Systems Biology
Publications
A selection of recent and significant publications can be viewed below.
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- Transient cAMP production drives rapid and sustained spiking in brainstem parabrachial neurons to suppress feeding.
- Singh Alvarado J, Lutas A, Madara JC, Isaac J, Lommer C, Massengill C, Andermann ML.
- Neuron (2024 May 1) 112:1416-1425.e5. Abstract/Full Text
- History-dependent dopamine release increases cAMP levels in most basal amygdala glutamatergic neurons to control learning.
- Lutas A, Fernando K, Zhang SX, Sambangi A, Andermann ML.
- Cell Rep (2022 Jan 25) 38:110297. Abstract/Full Text
- Repeated stress triggers seeking of a starvation-like state in anxiety-prone female mice.
- Kucukdereli H, Amsalem O, Pottala T, Lim M, Potgieter L, Hasbrouck A, Lutas A, Andermann ML.
- Neuron (2024 Jul 3) 112:2130-2141.e7. Abstract/Full Text
- Hypothalamic dopamine neurons motivate mating through persistent cAMP signalling.
- Zhang SX, Lutas A, Yang S, Diaz A, Fluhr H, Nagel G, Gao S, Andermann ML.
- Nature (2021 Sep) 597:245-249. Abstract/Full Text
- Brainstem serotonin neurons selectively gate retinal information flow to thalamus.
- Reggiani JDS, Jiang Q, Barbini M, Lutas A, Liang L, Fernando J, Deng F, Wan J, Li Y, Chen C, Andermann ML.
- Neuron (2023 Mar 1) 111:711-726.e11. Abstract/Full Text
Additional Publications
- State-specific gating of salient cues by midbrain dopaminergic input to basal amygdala.
- Lutas A, Kucukdereli H, Alturkistani O, Carty C, Sugden AU, Fernando K, Diaz V, Flores-Maldonado V, Andermann ML.
- Nat Neurosci (2019 Nov) 22:1820-1833. Abstract/Full Text
- The leak channel NALCN controls tonic firing and glycolytic sensitivity of substantia nigra pars reticulata neurons.
- Lutas A, Lahmann C, Soumillon M, Yellen G.
- Elife (2016 May 13) 5. Abstract/Full Text
- Metabolism regulates the spontaneous firing of substantia nigra pars reticulata neurons via KATP and nonselective cation channels.
- Lutas A, Birnbaumer L, Yellen G.
- J Neurosci (2014 Dec 3) 34:16336-47. Abstract/Full Text
Last Reviewed July 2024