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Serotonin Reciprocally Regulates Melanocortin Neurons to Modulate Food Intake

Lora K. Heisler, Erin E. Jobst, Gregory M. Sutton, Ligang Zhou, Erzsébet Borók, Zoë D. Thornton-Jones, Hong Yan Liu, Jeffrey M. Zigman, Nina Balthasar, Toshiro Kishi,

Neuron · 2006 · 414 citations · 45 references

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Targeted Disruption of the Melanocortin-4 Receptor Results in Obesity in Mice

Dennis Huszar, Catherine Lynch, Victoria Fairchild-Huntress et al. · Cell · 1997 · 3K citations · Full text

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Leptin activates anorexigenic POMC neurons through a neural network in the arcuate nucleus

Michael A. Cowley, James L. Smart, Marcelo Rubinstein et al. · Nature · 2001 · 2.3K citations · Full text

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The Distribution and Mechanism of Action of Ghrelin in the CNS Demonstrates a Novel Hypothalamic Circuit Regulating Energy Homeostasis

Michael A. Cowley, Roy G. Smith, Sabrina Diano et al. · Neuron · 2003 · 1.7K citations · Full text

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Hypothalamic CART is a new anorectic peptide regulated by leptin

Peter Lommer Kristensen, Martin E. Judge, Lars Thim et al. · Nature · 1998 · 1.3K citations

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Eating disorder and epilepsy in mice lacking 5-HT2C serotonin receptors

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