All animal husbandry and procedures were performed in compliance with institutional animal care and committee guidelines. Gpr65-ires-Cre, Glp1r-ires-Cre, and Phox2b-Cre; loxP-Piezo1; loxP-Piezo2 mice were described before (Chang et al., 2015 (link); Williams et al., 2016 (link); Zeng et al., 2018 (link)); Vglut2-ires-Cre mice were a generous gift from Bradford Lowell (Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center); and wild-type C57BL/6J (000664), Piezo2-EGfp-ires-Cre (027719), Mc4r-2a-Cre (030759), LoxP-ChR2 (012569), and LoxP-DTR (007900) mice were purchased (Jackson). Male and female mice between 8–16 weeks old were used for all studies, and no differences based on sex were observed.
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