“Hunger” neurons (IMAGE)

Rockefeller University

“Hunger” neurons

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“Hunger” neurons expressing the AGRP gene (red), alongside newly-discovered “satiety” neurons expressing the BNC2 gene (green).

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Laboratory of Molecular Genetics at The Rockefeller University

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