Cellular Change In The Hypothalamus Linked To Obesity [1]

redOrbit Staff & Wire Reports – Your Universe Online

New research published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences Early Edition [3] this week has identified a cellular change in the brain that has been linked to obesity [4].

In the study, a team of American and Italian neuroscientists joined forces to identify a switch that occurs in neurons located within the hypothalamus [5]. This switch, they explain in a statement, “involves receptors that trigger or inhibit the release of the orexin A peptide, which stimulates the appetite, among other behaviors.”

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