Acuna-Goycolea et al., J Neurosci 2005
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Peptide YY ( 3-36 ) inhibits both anorexigenic proopiomelanocortin and orexigenic neuropeptide Y neurons : implications for hypothalamic regulation of energy homeostasis
Boey et al., Diabetologia 2006
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Pyy knock-out decreased or had no effect on neuropeptide Y expression in the arcuate nucleus of the hypothalamus, and significantly increased proopiomelanocortin expression in this region