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Regulation of Motivation for Food by Neuromedin U in the Paraventricular Nucleus and the Dorsal Raphe Nucleus

BACKGROUND: Motivation for high-fat food is thought to contribute to excess caloric intake in obese individuals. A novel regulator of motivation for food may be Neuromedin U (NMU), a highly-conserved neuropeptide which influences food intake. Although these effects of NMU have primarily been attribu...

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Autores principales: McCue, David L., Kasper, James M., Hommel, Jonathan D.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5209284/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27748746
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/ijo.2016.178