Sex difference in physical activity, energy expenditure and obesity driven by a subpopulation of hypothalamic POMC neurons

Sex difference in physical activity, energy expenditure and obesity driven by a subpopulation of hypothalamic POMC neurons

Objective: Obesity is one of the primary healthcare challenges of the 21st century. Signals relaying information regarding energy needs are integrated within the brain to influence body weight. Central among these integration nodes are the brain pro-opiomelanocortin (POMC) peptides, perturbations of...

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Main Authors: Luke K. Burke, Barbora Doslikova, Giuseppe D'Agostino, Megan Greenwald-Yarnell, Teodora Georgescu, Raffaella Chianese, Pablo B. Martinez de Morentin, Emmanuel Ogunnowo-Bada, Celine Cansell, Lourdes Valencia-Torres, Alastair S. Garfield, John Apergis-Schoute, Daniel D. Lam, John R. Speakman, Marcelo Rubinstein, Malcolm J. Low, Justin J. Rochford, Martin G. Myers, Mark L. Evans, Lora K. Heisler
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2016-03-01
Series:Molecular Metabolism
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S221287781600017X

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