ISSN 1662-4009 (online)

ey0016.1-6 | New Mechanisms | ESPEYB16

1.6. Regulation of feeding by somatostatin neurons in the tuberal nucleus

SX Luo , J Huang , Q Li , H Mohammad , CY Lee , K Krishna , AM Kok , YL Tan , JY Lim , H Li , LY Yeow , J Sun , M He , J Grandjean , S Sajikumar , W Han , Y Fu

To read the full abstract: Science 2018;361:76–81.The tuberal nucleus (TN) is a hypothalamic region which is well described in humans but remains poorly defined in rodents. In this paper, the authors demonstrated by specific and sophisticated techniques the role of somatostatin expressing TN (TNSST) neurons in the control of food intake in mice. Interestingly, their resul...