Sentences with phrase «neurons by leptin»
Activation of those neurons by leptin suppresses appetite and increases energy expenditure.
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Leptin circulates in the blood and crosses into the brain, where it is sensed by leptin receptors expressed on neurons in the hypothaLeptin circulates in the blood and crosses into the brain, where it is sensed by leptin receptors expressed on neurons in the hypothaleptin receptors expressed on neurons in the hypothalamus.
In 1994, Jeffrey Friedman, Marilyn M. Simpson Professor and head of Rockefeller's Laboratory of Molecular Genetics, launched a new era in obesity research by discovering a hormone called leptin, which acts on neurons in the brain's hypothalamus region to suppress hunger.
New studies by Howard Hughes Medical Institute researchers at The Rockefeller University show that the appetite - regulating hormone leptin causes rewiring of neurons in areas of the brain that...
What this means is that Hypocretin Neuron activity is stimulated in part by decreasing levels of leptin in the blood, and that increased leptin levels reduce the level of excitation running through Hypocretin Neurons.