Dajin Cho, Kyle O'Berry, Ingrid Camila Possa-Paranhos+3 more · 2023 · The Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience · Society for Neuroscience · added 2026-04-24
The hypothalamic melanocortin system is critically involved in sensing stored energy and communicating this information throughout the brain, including to brain regions controlling motivation and emot Show more
The hypothalamic melanocortin system is critically involved in sensing stored energy and communicating this information throughout the brain, including to brain regions controlling motivation and emotion. This system consists of first-order agouti-related peptide (AgRP) and pro-opiomelanocortin (POMC) neurons located in the hypothalamic arcuate nucleus and downstream neurons containing the melanocortin-3 ( Show less