DREADD-ing your next meal

Wednesday, March 2, 2011 - 09:10 in Biology & Nature

In the face of the growing obesity epidemic, much research has focused on the neuronal control of feeding behaviour. Agouti-related protein (AgRP) neurones express three proteins that have been implicated in changes in energy balance, but the studies linking AgRP neurones to feeding behaviour have produced mixed results...

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