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Adenoviral-Mediated Modulation of<i>Sim1</i>Expression in the Paraventricular Nucleus Affects Food Intake
28 Jun 2006
Abstract excerpt
Haploinsufficency of Sim1, which codes for a basic helix-loop-helix-PAS (PER-ARNT-SIM) transcription factor, causes hyperphagia in mice and humans, without decrease in energy expenditure. Sim1 is expressed in several areas of the brain, including the developing and postnatal paraventricular nucleus (PVN), a region of the hypothalamus that controls food intake. We have previously found that the number of PVN cells...
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