Abstract

How circulating signals of hunger and satiety enter the brain to reach neurons that govern energy balance haslong remained a matter of controversy and speculation. Balland etal. (2014) now elucidate molecular mechanisms by which a highly specialized hypothalamic glial cell regulates transport of leptin across the blood-brain barrier.

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