Newly Discovered Road Map of Leptin Explains Its Regulation of Bone and Appetite
Tuesday, September 8, 2009 - 13:21
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New research from Columbia University Medical Center has illuminated a previously unknown leptin-serotonin pathway in the brain that simultaneously promotes appetite and bone mass accrual. The research, which explains how leptin � well-known appetite-suppressing hormone � acts in the brain, is published in the Sept. 4 issue of Cell.
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