Research on epigenetic changes resulting from the environment can give us clues into obesity in mice--and humans. For instance, in normal, healthy mice, the agouti genes are kept in the "off ...
Within the ARC, there are orexigenic coexpressing neuropeptide Y/Agouti gene-related protein (NPY/AgRP) and anorexigenic pro-opiomelanocortin (POMC)/cocaine- and amphetamine-related transcript ...