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While these central actions on peripheral tissues have been demonstrated for liver and brown fat, the consequences for cardiac functions are still enigmatic. Recently, a population of parvalbumin neurons has been discovered in the anterior hypothalamic area that depends on TR\u03b11 for correct development and controls heart rate in a temperature-dependent manner. Here we test the hypothesis that not only developmental but also acute actions of TR\u03b11 in hypothalamic parvalbumin neurons affect the central control of cardiovascular functions. We used an AAV-mediated stereotaxic approach to express a mutant TR\u03b11R348C conditionally in hypothalamic parvalbumin cells, thus impairing TR\u03b11 action specifically in these neurons. While this had no effect on metabolism or thermoregulation, using non-invasive radiotelemetry we observed a reduced heart rate both at 22\u00b0C and 30\u00b0C. Interestingly, heart rate was normalized when the animals were measured by ECG, which requires prior handling, suggesting that the impairment caused by the mutant TR\u03b11 can be compensated in more stressful situations. Taken together, our data show that TR\u03b11 signaling in hypothalamic parvalbumin neurons acutely affects the central control of heart rate, adding a novel mechanism to bradycardia in hypothyroidism. 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