Nature Neuroscience 15, 651 (2012). doi:10.1038/nn.3091
Authors: Marcelo O Dietrich & Tamas L Horvath
Tanycytes in the hypothalamic median eminence have now been found to form a metabolically sensitive neurogenic niche in the brain. In adult mice, tanycytes give rise to hypothalamic regulatory neurons in response to a high-fat diet.
via Nature Neuroscience - Issue - nature.com science feeds http://www.nature.com/neuro/journal/v15/n5/full/nn.3091.html