Seasonal biology: Tanycytes give the hypothalamus a spring makeover

Manon Rivagorda; Vincent Prevot; Markus Schwaninger

doi:10.1016/j.cub.2024.01.055

Seasonal biology: Tanycytes give the hypothalamus a spring makeover

Curr Biol. 2024 Mar 11;34(5):R209-R211. doi: 10.1016/j.cub.2024.01.055.

Authors

Manon Rivagorda¹, Vincent Prevot², Markus Schwaninger³

Affiliations

¹ Institute of Experimental and Clinical Pharmacology and Toxicology, Center of Brain, Behavior and Metabolism, University of Lübeck, Lübeck, Germany.
² Inserm, CHU Lille, Laboratory of Development and Plasticity of the Neuroendocrine Brain, Lille Neuroscience and Cognition, Université de Lille, Lille, France.
³ Institute of Experimental and Clinical Pharmacology and Toxicology, Center of Brain, Behavior and Metabolism, University of Lübeck, Lübeck, Germany. Electronic address: [email protected].

PMID: 38471452
DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2024.01.055

Abstract

In many species, metabolic and reproductive functions are coupled to the seasons. Tanycytes, specialized glial cells in the hypothalamus, play an important function in these physiological changes. A new study now shows that light exposure drastically alters the formation of sensory cilia on tanycytes.

MeSH terms

Biology
Ependymoglial Cells* / metabolism
Hypothalamus* / metabolism
Neuroglia / metabolism
Seasons