Objective: This study investigated relationships between Neuropeptide Y levels and severity of psychiatric symptoms in first-episode schizophrenia patients, and explore the sexual heterogeneity in ...
Leptin, a hormone derived from adipose tissue, plays a central role in maintaining energy balance and controlling hunger. It sends signals to the brain to suppress food intake and regulate body weight ...
An international team of researchers has discovered a new component of the peripheral nervous system that acts by increasing energy metabolism in the body.
The study provides valuable insights into the mechanisms underlying neurovascular coupling; the authors present solid evidence demonstrating that layer II/III pyramidal neurons can induce ...
Researchers have identified a natural substance, hederagenin, that blocks the NPFFR1 receptor, a protein involved in pain perception in the brain and spinal cord.
The best characterized pathways are the orexigenic neuropeptide Y/Agouti-related protein and the anorexigenic pro-opiomelanocortin/cocaine- and amphetamine-related transcript neurons in the ...
The authors studied the development of mesentery borders in the rice coral Montipora, a new experimental system, to complement existing data from the sea anemone Nematostella. They make a solid case ...
This month's cover highlights the article A novel bacterial effector protein mediates ER-LD membrane contacts to regulate host lipid droplets by Stacey D. Gilk, Rajendra Angara and Arif Sadi. The ...