Metabolism: let them eat fat.

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Nature. 2011 Sep 8;477(7363):166-7. doi: 10.1038/477166a
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Metabolism: let them eat fat. Sternson Lab
Sternson SM
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Abstract

A specialist neuron uses an intriguing process to help control the body's response to hunger. A lipid pathway involving the breakdown of cellular components regulates the expression of a neuropeptide that affects feeding and body weight.

PMID: 21901003 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

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Scott Sternson
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