Chee MJ, Hebert AJ, Briançon N, Flaherty SE, Pissios P, Maratos-Flier E (2019)
Conditional deletion of melanin-concentrating hormone receptor 1 from GABAergic neurons increases locomotor activity. Mol Metab 29:114-123.
Al-Massadi O, Quiñones M, Clasadonte J, Bautista RH, Romero-Picó A, Folgueira C, Morgan DA, Kalló I, Heras V, Senra A, Funderburk SC, Krashes MJ, Souto Y, Fidalgo M,
Luquet S, Chee MJ, Imbernon M, Beiroa D, García-Caballero L, Gallego R, Lam BYH, Yeo G, Lopez M, Liposits Z, Rahmouni K, Prevot V, Dieguez C, Nogueiras R (2019)
MCH Regulates SIRT1/FoxO1 and reduces POMC neuronal activity to induce hyperphagia, adiposity and glucose intolerance. Diabetes. In press.
Arrigoni E, Chee MJ, Fuller PM (2019)
To eat or to sleep: That is a lateral hypothalamic question.
Neuropharmacology 154:34–49.
Naganuma F, Bandaru SS, Absi G, Chee MJ, Vetrivelan R (2019)
Melanin-concentrating hormone neurons promote rapid eye movement sleep independent of glutamate release.
Brain Struct Funct 224:99-110.
Imbernon M, Sanchez-Rebordelo E, Romero- Picó A, Chee MJ, Porteiro B, Al-Massadi O, Contreras C, Fernø J, Senra A, Gallego R, Folgueira C, Seoane LM, van Gestel M, Adan RA, Liposits Z, Dieguez C, Lopez M, Nogueiras R (2016) Hypothalamic kappa opioid receptor mediates both diet- and MCH-induced liver damage through inflammation and ER stress. Hepatology 64:1086-1104.
Singhal G, Fisher FM, Chee MJ, Tan TG, El Ouaamari A, Adams AC,Najarian R, Kulkarni RN, Benoist C, Flier JS, Maratos-Flier E (2016)
Fibroblast growth factor 21 (FGF21) protects against high fat diet induced inflammation and islet hyperplasia in pancreas.
PLoS One. 11:e0148252
Lutchman DW, Chee MJ, Doslikova B, Marks DL, Baracos VE, Colmers WF (2015)
Defense of elevated body weight setpoint in diet-induced obese rats on low energy diet is mediated by loss
of melanocortin sensitivity in the paraventricular hypothalamic nucleus. PLoS One 10:e0139462.
Chee MJ, Douris N, Forrow AB, Monnard A, Lu S, Flaherty SE 3rd, Adams AC, Maratos-Flier E (2015)
Melanin-concentrating hormone is necessary for olanzapine-inhibited locomotor activity in male mice.
Eur Neuropsychopharmacol 25:1808-1816.
Douris N, Stevanovic D, Fisher FM, Cisu T, Chee MJ, Ngyuen NL, Zarebidaki E,
Adams AC, Kharitonenkov A, Flier JS, Bartness TJ, Maratos-Flier E (2015)
Central fibroblast growth factor 21 browns white fat via sympathetic action in male mice. Endocrinology 156:2470-2481.
Chee MJ, Arrigoni E, Maratos-Flier E (2015)
Melanin-concentrating hormone neurons release glutamate for feed-forward inhibition of the lateral septum.
J Neurosci 35:3644-3651
*Williams RH, *Chee MJ, Kroeger D, Ferrari LL, Maratos-Flier E, Scammell TE, Arrigoni E (2014)
Optogenetic mediated release of histamine reveals distal and autoregulatory mechanisms for controlling arousal.
J Neurosci 34:6023-6029
Chee MJ, Pissios P, Prasad D, Maratos-Flier E (2014)
Expression of melanin-concentrating hormone receptor 2 protects against diet-induced obesity in male mice.
Endocrinology 155:81-88.
Chee MJ, Pissios P, Maratos-Flier E (2013) Neurochemical characterization of neurons expressing melanin-concentrating hormonereceptor 1 in the mouse hypothalamus. J Comp Neurol 521:2208-2234.