Christopher A Zimmerman

Princeton University — United States

Neuroscience · Life Sciences

14h-index1.8kcitations29works9.02yr avg
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Research Topics

Neurotransmitter Receptor Influence on Behavior(6), Regulation of Appetite and Obesity(6), Neural dynamics and brain function(6), Neuroendocrine regulation and behavior(6), Cognitive Abilities and Testing(6)

Publications29 total

VTA dopamine neuron activity produces spatially organized value representations
2025Open Access
Striatal pathways oppositely shift cortical activity along the decision axis
2025Open Access
A neural mechanism for learning from delayed postingestive feedback
Nature·2025· 18 citedOpen Access
Heightened lateral habenula activity during stress produces brainwide and behavioral substrates of susceptibility
Neuron·2024· 18 citedOpen Access
Heightened lateral habenula activity during stress produces brainwide and behavioral substrates of susceptibility
2023Open Access
A neural mechanism for learning from delayed postingestive feedback
2023· 13 citedOpen Access
A neural substrate of sex-dependent modulation of motivation
Nature Neuroscience·2023· 39 citedOpen Access
Neural substrates of sex-dependent modulation of motivation
Figshare·2023Open Access
Neural substrates of sex-dependent modulation of motivation
Figshare·2023Open Access
Neural substrates of sex-dependent modulation of motivation
Figshare·2023Open Access
Neural substrates of sex-dependent modulation of motivation
Figshare·2023Open Access
Neural substrates of sex-dependent modulation of motivation
Figshare·2023Open Access
Neural substrates of sex-dependent modulation of motivation
Figshare·2023Open Access
Neuroscience: Secretin excites the thirst circuit
Current Biology·2022· 1 cited
A neural substrate of sex-dependent modulation of motivation by value
2022· 2 citedOpen Access
Opponent control of behavior by dorsomedial striatal pathways depends on task demands and internal state
Nature Neuroscience·2022· 106 citedOpen Access
Opponent control of behavior by dorsomedial striatal pathways depends on task demands and internal state
2021· 16 citedOpen Access
The origins of thirst
Science·2020· 10 citedOpen Access
Layers of signals that regulate appetite
Current Opinion in Neurobiology·2020· 44 citedOpen Access
A gut-to-brain signal of fluid osmolarity controls thirst satiation
Nature·2019· 137 cited
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Frequent Co-authors

Ilana B. Witten(15), Brenna McMannon(11), Akhil Bandi(10), Julia Cox(10), Zachary A. Knight(9), Adelaide R. Minerva(8), Weston Fleming(8), Cameron L Hayes(8), Samuel Zorowitz(8), Sharon Ornelas(8), Nathan F. Parker(8), Alejandro Pan-Vazquez(6), David E. Leib(5), Yen‐Chu Lin(5), Scott S. Bolkan(5), Yiming Chen(4), Laura Lynch(4), Annegret L. Falkner(4), Chan Lek Tan(3), Erica L. Huey(3)