appetite control Archives - Baylor College of Medicine Blog Network

When male and female mice eat the same high-fat diet, the males gain significantly more weight than the females. The reasons for this difference between

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The multi-tasking nature of the hormone asprosin

January 19, 2018February 5, 2018AgRP neurons, apetite control, appetite control, asprosin, blood-brain barrier, endocrinology, extreme thinnes, hypothalamus, neonatal progeroid syndrome, ovesity, POMC neurons

When Dr. Atul Chopra, a medical geneticist at Baylor College of Medicine, and his colleagues discovered in 2016 a new hormone called asprosin that regulates

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More than an anticoagulant; heparin also promotes appetite in mice

November 9, 2017AgRP neurons, anticoagulant, appetite control, heparin, hypothalamus, weight control, weight gain

Naturally-produced heparin is well-known for its role as an anticoagulant. Heparin is also widely used as a medication to prevent blood clotting. “In addition to

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The hunger-satiety switch

February 6, 2017AgRP/NPY neurons, anorexia, appetite control, behavior, control of appetite, Diabetes, Obesity, overeating, potassium channel, SK3

When we are hungry, we eat; when we are full, we stop. Most of the time. Breaking this rule, however, can lead to overeating, obesity