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• Anorectic estrogen mimics leptin's effect on the rewiring of melanocortin cells and Stat3 signaling in obese animals.

  Metabolic hormones, such as leptin, alter the input organization of hypothalamic circuits, resulting in increased pro-opiomelanocortin (POMC) tone, fo…

  Authors: Qian Gao, Gabor Mezei, Yongzhan Nie, Yan Rao, Cheol Soo Choi, Ingo Bechmann, Csaba Leranth, Dominique Toran-Allerand, Catherine A Priest, James L Roberts,…

  Source: Nature medicine. 2007 Jan

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• Immunological properties of human embryonic stem cell-derived oligodendrocyte progenitor cells.

  A major concern in the use of allotransplantation of human embryonic stem cell (hESC)-based therapies is the possibility of allogeneic rejection by th…

  Authors: Ross M Okamura, Jane Lebkowski, Melinda Au, Catherine A Priest, Jerrod Denham, Anish S Majumdar

  Source: Journal of neuroimmunology. 2007 Dec

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• GABAB receptor expression and function in olfactory receptor neuron axon growth.

  Neurotransmitters have been implicated in regulating growth cone motility and guidance in the developing nervous system. Anatomical and electrophysiol…

  Authors: Catherine A Priest, Adam C Puche

  Source: Journal of neurobiology. 2004 Aug

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• Functional circuitry involved in the regulation of whisker movements.

  Neuroanatomical tract-tracing methods were used to identify the oligosynaptic circuitry by which the whisker representation of the motor cortex (wMCx)…

  Authors: Alexis M Hattox, Catherine A Priest, Asaf Keller

  Source: The Journal of comparative neurology. 2002 Jan 14

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