Insulin controls food intake and energy balance via NPY neurons

• Main Authors: Kim Loh (Author), Lei Zhang (Author), Amanda Brandon (Author), Qiaoping Wang (Author), Denovan Begg (Author), Yue Qi (Author), Melissa Fu (Author), Rishikesh Kulkarni (Author), Jonathan Teo (Author), Paul Baldock (Author), Jens C. Brüning (Author), Gregory Cooney (Author), Greg Neely (Author), Herbert Herzog (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Elsevier, 2017-06-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Objectives: Insulin signaling in the brain has been implicated in the control of satiety, glucose homeostasis and energy balance. However, insulin signaling is dispensable in energy homeostasis controlling AgRP or POMC neurons and it is unclear which other neurons regulate these effects. Here we des...