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Loss of NSCL-2 in gonadotropin releasing hormone neurons leads to reduction of pro-opiomelanocortin neurons in specific hypothalamic nuclei and causes visceral obesity.
The Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience - 19 Jun 2013
Schmid Thomas, Günther Stefan, Mendler Luca, Braun Thomas
Abstract excerpt
Regulation of sexual reproduction and energy homeostasis are closely interconnected, but only few efforts were made to explore the impact of gonadotropic neurons on metabolic processes. We have used Nscl-2 mutant mice suffering from adult onset of obesity and hypogonadotropic hypogonadism to study effects of gonadotropin releasing hormone (GnRH) neurons on neuronal circuits controlling energy balance....
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