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Obesity-blocking neurons in Drosophila.
Neuron - 13 Aug 2009
Al-Anzi Bader, Sapin Viveca, Waters Christopher, Zinn Kai, Wyman Robert J, Benzer Seymour
Abstract excerpt
In mammals, fat store levels are communicated by leptin and insulin signaling to brain centers that regulate food intake and metabolism. By using transgenic manipulation of neural activity, we report the isolation of two distinct neuronal populations in flies that perform a similar function, the...
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