ERC Starting Grant · 2019
Development of hypothalamic circuits for the control of homeostasis
Obesity is a significant global burden that is associated with adverse health outcomes. Adults are not alone in their struggles with obesity. Children now accumulate fat at an alarming rate, making childhood obesity a major health problem. Unfortunately, we do not know enough about the pathophysiology of these conditions to propose appropriate prevention strategies and more effective therapeutic approaches. In this ERC StG proposal, our goal is to discover the developmental processes important for proper con-trol of energy homeostasis. We will study Agrp and POMC neurons, located in the arcuate nucleus of the hypothalamus, that are heavily involved with control of energy homeostasis. Agrp…
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