A specialist neuron uses an intriguing process to help control the body's response to hunger. A lipid pathway involving the breakdown of cellular components regulates the expression of a neuropeptide that affects feeding and body weight.
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Sternson, S. Let them eat fat. Nature 477, 166–167 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1038/477166a
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