How is the hungry brain like a sieve?
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- Also identified by DOI 10.1016/j.cmet.2013.03.007 and PMC identifier 3763718.
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Abstract
Whether some hypothalamic neurons have direct access to circulating metabolic cues represents a crucial question that has been intensely debated. New findings reveal that fasting promotes "leakiness" of some hypothalamic blood vessels, increasing the access of circulating factors to certain hypothalamic neurons that control feeding (Langlet et al., 2013).