Neuroanatomy of melanocortin-4 receptor pathway in the mouse brain
Melanocortin-4 receptors (MC4Rs) are key regulators of energy homeostasis and adipose deposition in the central nervous system. Considering that MC4R expression regions and function-related research mainly focus on the paraventricular nucleus (PVN), little is known about their distribution throughou...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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De Gruyter
2020-08-01
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Series: | Open Life Sciences |
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Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1515/biol-2020-0063 |