| An excitatory ventral hippocampus to lateral septum circuit that suppresses feeding P Sweeney, Y Yang Nature communications 6 (1), 10188, 2015 | 146 | 2015 |
| An inhibitory septum to lateral hypothalamus circuit that suppresses feeding P Sweeney, Y Yang Journal of Neuroscience 36 (44), 11185-11195, 2016 | 100 | 2016 |
| MC3R links nutritional state to childhood growth and the timing of puberty BYH Lam, A Williamson, S Finer, FR Day, JA Tadross, ... Nature 599 (7885), 436-441, 2021 | 73 | 2021 |
| Neural circuit mechanisms underlying emotional regulation of homeostatic feeding P Sweeney, Y Yang Trends in Endocrinology & Metabolism 28 (6), 437-448, 2017 | 73 | 2017 |
| An excitatory ventromedial hypothalamus to paraventricular thalamus circuit that suppresses food intake J Zhang, D Chen, P Sweeney, Y Yang Nature communications 11 (1), 6326, 2020 | 56 | 2020 |
| Regulation of energy rheostasis by the melanocortin-3 receptor M Ghamari-Langroudi, I Cakir, RN Lippert, P Sweeney, MJ Litt, ... Science advances 4 (8), eaat0866, 2018 | 55 | 2018 |
| Activation of hypothalamic astrocytes suppresses feeding without altering emotional states P Sweeney, Y Qi, Z Xu, Y Yang Glia 64 (12), 2263-2273, 2016 | 55 | 2016 |
| HFD-induced energy states-dependent bidirectional control of anxiety levels in mice P Sweeney, K O'hara, Z Xu, Y Yang International journal of obesity 41 (8), 1237-1245, 2017 | 41 | 2017 |
| Long-term behavioral consequences of stress exposure in adolescent versus young adult rats ML Saul, D Tylee, KT Becoats, BG Guerrero, P Sweeney, DL Helmreich, ... Behavioural brain research 229 (1), 226-234, 2012 | 39 | 2012 |
| Caffeine increases food intake while reducing anxiety-related behaviors P Sweeney, R Levack, J Watters, Z Xu, Y Yang Appetite 101, 171-177, 2016 | 36 | 2016 |
| The melanocortin-3 receptor is a pharmacological target for the regulation of anorexia P Sweeney, MN Bedenbaugh, J Maldonado, P Pan, K Fowler, ... Science translational medicine 13 (590), eabd6434, 2021 | 35 | 2021 |
| Appetite suppressive role of medial septal glutamatergic neurons P Sweeney, C Li, Y Yang Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 114 (52), 13816-13821, 2017 | 30 | 2017 |
| Network dynamics of hypothalamic feeding neurons P Sweeney, C Chen, I Rajapakse, RD Cone Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 118 (14), e2011140118, 2021 | 18 | 2021 |
| Targeting the central melanocortin system for the treatment of metabolic disorders P Sweeney, LE Gimenez, CC Hernandez, RD Cone Nature Reviews Endocrinology 19 (9), 507-519, 2023 | 7 | 2023 |
| Establishment of restraint stress–induced anorexia and social isolation–induced anorexia mouse models IC Possa-Paranhos, K Catalbas, J Butts, K O’Berry, P Sweeney Bio-protocol 13 (2), 2023 | 3 | 2023 |
| Paraventricular thalamic MC3R circuits link energy homeostasis with anxiety-related behavior D Cho, K O'Berry, IC Possa-Paranhos, J Butts, N Palanikumar, ... Journal of Neuroscience 43 (36), 6280-6296, 2023 | 2 | 2023 |
| Melanocortin-3 receptor expression in AgRP neurons is required for normal activation of the neurons in response to energy deficiency Y Gui, NS Dahir, Y Wu, G Downing, P Sweeney, RD Cone Cell reports 42 (10), 2023 | 1 | 2023 |
| Neuroanatomical dissection of the MC3R circuitry regulating energy rheostasis IC Possa-Paranhos, J Butts, E Pyszka, C Nelson, D Cho, P Sweeney bioRxiv, 2024.04. 22.590573, 2024 | | 2024 |
| 28 Melanocortin 3 Receptor in Neural Circuits Linking Metabolic State with Reproduction and Growth MN Bedenbaugh, S Sweet, H Mendoza-Romero, S Brener, S Hawkins, ... Journal of Animal Science 101 (Supplement_3), 231-232, 2023 | | 2023 |
| Inhibition of the melanocortin-3 receptor (MC3R) causes generalized sensitization to anorectic agents NS Dahir, Y Gui, Y Wu, PR Sweeney, SY Williams, LE Gimenez, ... bioRxiv, 2023.12. 05.570114, 2023 | | 2023 |
