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ABSTRACT:
SUBMITTER: Nyamugenda E
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7240135 | biostudies-literature | 2020 May
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
iScience 20200501 5
In the melanocortin pathway, melanocortin-4 receptor (MC4R) functions to control energy homeostasis. MC4R is expressed in a sub-population of Sim1 neurons (Sim1/MC4R neurons) and functions in hypothalamic paraventricular nuclei (PVN) to control food intake. Mapping sites of hypothalamic injury in obesity is essential to counteract the disease. In the PVN of male and female mice with diet-induced obesity (DIO) there is neuronal loss. However, the existing subpopulation of PVN Sim1/MC4R neurons is ...[more]