article_snippet.sent: The research focused on POMC neurons, which are a structure called the hypothalamus, that send and receive signals to regulate appetite.
article_snippet.sent: The research focused on POMC neurons, which are a structure called the hypothalamus, that send and receive signals to regulate appetite.
article_snippet.sent: When POMC neurons are absent, or not working properly, animals and humans grow dangerously obese.
article_snippet.sent: Now scientists believe scientists have found tiny triggers inside those cells that give rise to this 'voice' 'The POMC region is a central node of the brain's means for regulating body weight, in response to influences from the hormone leptin,' said Malcom Low, a professor in the Department of Molecular and Integrative Physiology.
article_snippet.sent: Located deep inside the brain, in a structure called the hypothalamus, the cluster of POMC neurons act as a control center for feelings of fullness or hunger.
article_snippet.sent: the cluster of POMC neurons take in signals from the body, and send out chemical signals to regulate appetite and eating.
article_snippet.sent: When POMC neurons are absent, or not working correctly, animals and humans grow dangerously obese.
article_snippet.sent: Mice born without both of them became obese – as if them Pomc gene had been deactivated.
article_snippet.sent: For humans, Pomc regulation may be part of the equation of weight control,' says Low. '
article_snippet.sent: We don't know, but We think it likely, that it may be similar to the mouse model, where it role is like a dial, with a linear relationship between the amount of Pomc expression and the degree of obesity.'
highlights_snippet.sent: The research looked at POMC neurons that work toregulate appetite .
  
highlights_snippet.sent: When POMC neurons are absent, animals and humans grow obese .
  