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SUBMITTER: Lee DA
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3380241 | biostudies-literature | 2012 Mar
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Lee Daniel A DA Bedont Joseph L JL Pak Thomas T Wang Hong H Song Juan J Miranda-Angulo Ana A Takiar Vani V Charubhumi Vanessa V Balordi Francesca F Takebayashi Hirohide H Aja Susan S Ford Eric E Fishell Gordon G Blackshaw Seth S
Nature neuroscience 20120325 5
Adult hypothalamic neurogenesis has recently been reported, but the cell of origin and the function of these newborn neurons are unknown. Using genetic fate mapping, we found that median eminence tanycytes generate newborn neurons. Blocking this neurogenesis altered the weight and metabolic activity of adult mice. These findings reveal a previously unreported neurogenic niche in the mammalian hypothalamus with important implications for metabolism. ...[more]