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Role of the Y5 neuropeptide Y receptor in feeding and obesity.
Nature medicine - 1 Jun 1998
Marsh D J, Hollopeter G, Kafer K E, Palmiter R D
Abstract excerpt
Neuropeptide Y (NPY), a 36-amino-acid neuromodulator abundantly expressed in the brain, has been implicated in the regulation of food intake and body weight. Pharmacological data suggest that NPY's stimulatory effect on appetite is transduced by the G-protein-coupled NPY Y5 receptor (Y5R). We hav...
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