Melanocortins and body weight regulation: glucocorticoids, Agouti-related protein and beyond.

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In the intervening three decades since Panksepp observed for the first time that centrally administered α-melanocyte stimulating hormone decreased food intake (Panksepp and Meeker, 1976), a wealth of data have accrued to firmly establish melanocortin signaling as a central regulator of food intake and fat mass. Advances in molecular biology have not only allowed detailed studies of spontaneously occurring obese...

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