‘Hunger’ neurons in the brain are regulated by protein activated during fasting
Wednesday, July 6, 2016 - 10:31
in Health & Medicine
Neurons in the brain that control hunger are regulated by AMPK, a protein activated during fasting, report researchers from Tufts University School of Medicine, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and Harvard Medical School in Neuron on July 6, 2016. High AMPK activity levels significantly increase the firing of “hunger” neurons known as AgRP neurons, leading […]