Mice Without the Enzyme OGT in Brain Cells Keep Eating (IMAGE)

Johns Hopkins Medicine

Mice Without the Enzyme OGT in Brain Cells Keep Eating

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A normal mouse (left) stops eating when certain nerve cells in the brain signal to do so. Nerve cells missing the enzyme OGT don't signal, so those mice eat more at each meal and become obese (right).

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