A Broken Calorie Sensing Pathway: How Overeating May Lead to More Eating (IMAGE)

Thomas Jefferson University

A Broken Calorie Sensing Pathway: How Overeating May Lead to More Eating

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This is the stain for the receptor of uroguanylin (red), a hormone that is reduced when overfeeding causes stress in the cells of the gut. The blue stain represents the cells of the hypothalamus (blue), a part of the brain that controls feelings of hunger.

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Lab of Scott Waldman, Thomas Jefferson University

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