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SUBMITTER: Boender AJ
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4187548 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Jul
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Boender Arjen J AJ van Gestel Margriet A MA Garner Keith M KM Luijendijk Mieneke C M MC Adan Roger A H RA
Physiological reports 20140730 7
Neural growth regulator 1 (Negr1) is among the first common variants that have been associated with the regulation of body mass index. Using AAV technology directed to manipulate Negr1 expression in vivo, we find that decreased expression of Negr1 in periventricular hypothalamic areas leads to increases in body weight, presumably via increased food intake. Moreover, we observed that both increased and decreased levels of Negr1 lead to reduced locomotor activity and body temperature. In sum, our ...[more]