Animals were housed at 22–24°C on a 12:12 light/dark cycle (light cycle: 6:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.) with standard mouse chow (Teklad F6 Rodent Diet 8664; Harlan Teklad) and water provided ad libitum, unless specified otherwise. Adult male and female mice (8–16 weeks old) were used for experiments. Mice were maintained on a mixed background. Transgenic mouse strains used: Avp-IRES-Cre (Pei et al., 2014 (link)), Slc17a6-IRES-Cre (Vglut2-IRES-Cre) (Vong et al., 2011 (link)) (Jackson Labs Stock 016963), Slc32a1-IRES-Cre (Vgat-IRES-Cre) (Vong et al., 2011 (link)) (Jackson Labs stock 016962), Nos1-IRES-Cre (Jackson Labs Stock 017526), Slc17a6-IRES-Flp (Vglut2-IRES2-FLPo-D) (Jackson Labs Stock 030212), Slc32a1-IRES-Flp (Vgat-IRES2-FLPo-D) (Jackson Labs Stock 031331), Th-Cre (Savitt et al., 2005 (link)) (Jackson Labs Stock 008601), Dbh-Flp (MMRRC 041575), Avp-GFP (MMRRC 015858-UCD), Agrp-IRES-Cre (Tong et al., 2008 (link)) (Jackson Labs Stock 012899), and Pomc-IRES-Cre (Fenselau et al., 2017 (link)).
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