Researchers have discovered the mechanism that controls feeding behavior in mice by regulating the activity of a few thousand neurons.
Other contributors to this work include Yanlin He, Gang Shu, Yongjie Yang, Pingwen Xu, Yan Xia, Chunmei Wang, Kenji Saito, Antentor Hinton Jr., Xiaofeng Yan, Chen Liu, Qi Wu and Qingchun Tong.
Funding: This work was supported by grants from the National Institutes of Health (R01DK093587, R01DK101379 and R01DK092605), the American Diabetes Association (#7-13-JF-61, #1-15-BS-184), the American Heart Association postdoctoral fellowship and the Davis Foundation.
Source: Dipali Pathak – Baylor College of Medicine
Image Source: This NeuroscienceNews.com image is in the public domain. Original Research: Full open access research for “A Small Potassium Current in AgRP/NPY Neurons Regulates Feeding Behavior and Energy Metabolism” by Yanlin He, Gang Shu, Yongjie Yang, Pingwen Xu, Yan Xia, Chunmei Wang, Kenji Saito, Antentor Hinton Jr., Xiaofeng Yan, Chen Liu, Qi Wu, Qingchun Tong, and Yong Xu in JCell Reports. Published online November 8 2016 doi:10.1016/j.celrep.2016.10.044 |
Sunday, November 13, 2016
Feeding Behavior Control
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