These project from the arcuate nucleus to other key hypothalamic nuclei, such as the paraventricular ... million are obese. The hypothalamus is the main area in the brain controlling appetite.

The arcuate nucleus of the hypothalamus (ARH), or ARC ... Neurons in this region are also responsible for integrating information and providing inputs to other nuclei in the hypothalamus or inputs to ...

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The hypothalamus is the main area in the brain controlling appetite ... PYY = Peptide YY; PVN = Paraventricular nucleus; VMN = Ventromedial nucleus.

Neuroscientists studying the recently completed Allen Brain Atlas are calling the online gene-expression map of the mouse brain “revolutionary”, “majestic”, and “very cool”. They also say the atlas ...

Among the best characterized of these are the peripheral hormones insulin, ghrelin, and leptin, the latter known to excite anorexigenic and inhibit orexigenic neurons in the arcuate nucleus of the ...

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