Fat incites tanycytes to neurogenesis

descriptionPublicationkeyboard_double_arrow_right Article 25 Apr 2012 English Publisher:Springer Science and Business Media LLCJournal:Nature Neuroscience, volume 15, pages 651-653 (issn: 1097-6256, eissn: 1546-1726,

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Authors: Marcelo O, Dietrich; Tamas L, Horvath;

doi: 10.1038/nn.3091

pmid: 22534576

Fat incites tanycytes to neurogenesis

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Abstract

Tanycytes in the hypothalamic median eminence have now been found to form a metabolically sensitive neurogenic niche in the brain. In adult mice, tanycytes give rise to hypothalamic regulatory neurons in response to a high-fat diet.

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Keywords

Pregnancy, Neurogenesis, Median Eminence, Animals, Gene Expression Regulation, Developmental, Female, Stem Cell Niche, Diet, High-Fat

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