Hypothalamic Agouti-Related Peptide Neurons and the Central Melanocortin System Are Crucial Mediators of Leptin’s Antidiabetic Actions

Leptin has beneficial effects on glucose metabolism via actions in the hypothalamus, but the roles of specific subgroups of neurons responsible for these antidiabetic effects remain unresolved. We generated diabetic Lepob/ob or Leprdb/db mice lacking or re-expressing leptin receptors (LepRb) in subg...

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Main Authors: Gabriel H.M. Gonçalves, Wenjing Li, Adriana V.C.-G. Garcia, Mariana S. Figueiredo, Christian Bjørbæk
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2014-05-01
Series:Cell Reports
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2211124714002976