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SUBMITTER: Blouet C
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3537851 | biostudies-literature | 2012 Nov
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Blouet Clemence C Schwartz Gary J GJ
Cell metabolism 20121101 5
Direct detection of circulating nutrients by the central nervous system has been implicated in the regulation of energy balance, and the mediobasal hypothalamus is considered as the primary sensing site mediating these effects. Neurons sensitive to energyrelated signals have also been identified outside the hypothalamus, particularly within the caudomedial nucleus of the solitary tract (cmNTS) in brainstem, but the consequences of direct cmNTS nutrient detection on energy balance remain poorly c ...[more]