Title: It takes more than one κ opioid receptor to inhibit a POMC neuron.
Authors: Iremonger, Karl J.
Abstract: The author discusses aspects of neurons that are involved in the neural control of appetite. He explains the specific principal populations of appetite-controlling neurons involving the pro-opiomelanocortin (POMC) and the neuropeptide Y (NPY) neurons. The author adds that these neural populations have opposing actions on appetite, wherein the POMC neurons suppresses food intake, while activation of NPY neurons enhances food intake.
Subjects: NEURONS; APPETITE; PROOPIOMELANOCORTIN; NEUROPEPTIDE Y; FOOD consumption; PHYSIOLOGY
Publication: Journal of Physiology, 2013, Vol 591, Issue 7, p1595
ISSN: 0022-3751
Publication type: Academic Journal
DOI: 10.1113/jphysiol.2013.251637

It takes more than one κ opioid receptor to inhibit a POMC neuron.

Iremonger, Karl J.