Sating the Ravenous Brain: Researchers Quell Hunger Neurons in Fruit Flies
Sunday, October 18, 2009 - 08:14
in Biology & Nature
Two decades ago, the discovery of neuropeptide Y ( NPY ), a peptide in the mammalian brain involved in food-seeking behavior, sparked a search for a weight-loss remedy that could interfere with its activity. Eventually the promise of other drug targets, along with the possible side effects of targeting NPY, put a damper on the effort--until now. New findings about the action of this appetite-promoting peptide could bring NPY back to the front burner. [More]
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