“…The PPG cell bodies were also described in the adjacent medullary reticular formation in a population of glutamatergic olfactory bulb interneurons, the piriform cortex, and the lumbar-sacral spinal cord [ 44 , 45 , 46 , 47 , 48 , 49 ]. The NTS PPG neurons project to GLP-1 receptor (GLP-1R) expressing regions, with the hypothalamus being the primary target [ 36 ]. Other areas of the brainstem that control the autonomic function including the limbic forebrain regions [ 36 , 48 , 50 ], areas of the mesolimbic reward system related to control of feeding and motivation to feed [ 36 , 51 , 52 ], or structures implicated in the regulation of the stress response and the HPA axis, learning and memory [ 36 , 53 ], all receive neuronal projections from neurons of the NTS in rodents.…”