MC4R+ cilia in the rat brain shorten with age (IMAGE)

Nagoya University

MC4R+ cilia in the rat brain shorten with age

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Shortening of MC4R+ primary cilia in the hypothalamus of the brain leads to middle-age obesity.

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Kazuhiro Nakamura

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