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Small molecule drug screening in Drosophila identifies the 5HT2A receptor as a feeding modulation target

Dysregulation of eating behavior can lead to obesity, which affects 10% of the adult population worldwide and accounts for nearly 3 million deaths every year. Despite this burden on society, we currently lack effective pharmacological treatment options to regulate appetite. We used Drosophila melano...

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Autores principales: Gasque, Gabriel, Conway, Stephen, Huang, Juan, Rao, Yi, Vosshall, Leslie B.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Nature Publishing Group 2013
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3698492/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23817146
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/srep02120