Hypothalamic tanycytes: gatekeepers to metabolic control.
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- Also identified by DOI 10.1016/j.cmet.2014.01.008.
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Abstract
How circulating signals of hunger and satiety enter the brain to reach neurons that govern energy balance has long remained a matter of controversy and speculation. Balland et al. (2014) now elucidate molecular mechanisms by which a highly specialized hypothalamic glial cell regulates transport of leptin across the blood-brain barrier.
Medical subject headings
- Brain
- Ependymoglial Cells
- Hypothalamus
- Leptin