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the researchers utilized virus tracing and optogenetic manipulations to map the neural pathway from paraventricular nucleus ...

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Researchers at Brown University and Cincinnati Children's found that suppressing opsin 3 in the brain of mice makes them eat less, raising new ...

LHA = Lateral hypothalamic area; MCH = Melanin-concentrating hormone; NPY = Neuropeptide Y; OXM = Oxyntomodulin; POMC = Pro-opiomelanocortin; PYY = Peptide YY; PVN = Paraventricular nucleus ...