Activation of Anxiogenic Circuits Instigates Resistance to Diet-Induced Obesity via Increased Energy Expenditure

？ Deletion of the Bdnf gene in Emx1-expressing neurons of the brain leads to leanness ？ The Bdnf mutant displays elevated anxiety and impaired GABAergic transmission ？ The leanness of the mutant is due to increased basal metabolism and thermogenesis ？ Amygdalar BDNF re-expression reverses anxiety and metabolic phenotypes of the mutan