mTOR tells the brain that the body is hungry (original) (raw)

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The multitasking signaling protein mTOR integrates nutritional and hormonal cues in the brain, modulating feeding and body weight.

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Figure 1: Converting metabolic signals into anorectic (appetite-suppressing) responses in the hypothalamus.

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  1. Division of Endocrinology, Department of Medicine, Diabetes and Metabolism, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and Harvard Medical School, Boston, 02215, Massachusetts, USA
    Barbara B Kahn
  2. Departments of Medicine and Molecular and Integrative Physiology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, 48109, Michigan, USA
    Martin G Myers Jr.

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Kahn, B., Myers, M. mTOR tells the brain that the body is hungry.Nat Med 12, 615–617 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1038/nm0606-615

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