Abstract

Like many bands remembered for one popular song, leptin has been thought of as a one-hit wonder for suppressing appetite in adults. Now, research shows that the hormone plays another tune: It orchestrates the routing of key circuits in developing mouse brains that it uses to suppress appetite later in life. The results reveal how appetite-regulating brain regions develop and might explain why low-birth-weight babies often grow up to be obese.

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