Amino acid sensing in hypothalamic tanycytes via umami taste receptors

Energy homeostasis is controlled in the hypothalamus. Hypothalamic tanycytes are a type of glial cell that lie in the wall of the third ventricle, between ventricular CSF and the key nuclei controlling feeding, and are potentially linked to this regulation. Tanycytes have been found to express sweet...

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Main Author: Lazutkaite, Greta
Published: University of Warwick 2018
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Online Access:https://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.759691