by Maria Fernanda Ziegler, FAPESP In the image, neuropeptide Y binds to mural cells, precursors of a specific type of adipose tissue that is essential for regulating metabolism. Credit: Ana Domingos/Oxford University An international team of researchers has discovered a new component of the peripheral nervous system that acts by increasing energy metabolism in the body....
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Lack of key neuropeptide induces neuroinflammation to impair neural stem cells and limit new neuron production
by Mark Derewicz, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Medicine The dentate gyrus houses neural stem cells in a thin zone near the blue-labeled granule cells. Cholecystokinin interneurons (red) extend elaborate processes and release neuropeptide onto astrocytes (green) to induce neurogenesis in brain of adult mouse. Credit: University of North Carolina at Chapel...