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1.10 The versatile tanycyte: a hypothalamic integrator of reproduction and energy metabolism

V Prevot , B Dehouck , A Sharif , P Ciofi , P Giacobini , J Clasadonte

To read the full abstract: Endocr Rev 2018;39:3,333This review is interesting for several reasons. It focuses on a specific type of cells lining the wall of the third ventricle in the median eminence of the hypothalamus. This region acts both as a secretor of neuropeptides and as a sensor of the metabolic status of the periphery. These two functions imply a bidirectional physiological pathway: br...