Table 1.

Cre driver and reporter mice used in this study.

Strain	Reference	Source information	Key gene
Nps-2A-Cre	Huang, D., Zhang, R., Gasparini, S., McDonough, M. C., Paradee, W. J., & Geerling, J. C. (2022). Neuropeptide S (NPS) neurons: Parabrachial identity and novel distributions. J Comp Neurol, 530(18), 3157–3178. https://doi.org/10.1002/cne.25400	Available from originating investigators	2A-Cre inserted immediately after terminal exon in endogenous neuropeptide S gene
R26-LSL-L10GFP reporter	Krashes, Michael J., et al. “An excitatory paraventricular nucleus to AgRP neuron circuit that drives hunger.” Nature 507.7491 (2014): 238.	Available from originating investigators http://www.informatics.jax.org/allele/MGI:5559562	Floxed transcription STOP cassette followed by EGFP/Rpl10 fusion reporter gene under control of the CAG promoter targeted to the Gt(ROSA)26Sor locus