POMC neurons in heat: A link between warm temperatures and appetite suppression

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When core body temperature increases, appetite and food consumption decline.A higher core body temperature can occur during exercise, during exposure to warm environmental temperatures, or during a fever, yet the mechanisms that link relatively warm temperatures to appetite suppression are unknown.A recent study in PLOS Biology demonstrates that neurons in the mouse hypothalamus that express pro-opiomelanocortin...

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