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Leptin fights depression

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Fat-hormone study highlights role in mood.

The appetite-control hormone leptin staves off symptoms of stress in rats, and might lead to new ways to fight human depression, say researchers in the United States.

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  1. LuX. Y., et al. Proc. Natl Acad. Sci., published online /doi/10.1073/pnas.050890110 (2006).

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Pearson, H. Leptin fights depression. Nature (2006). https://doi.org/10.1038/news060116-3

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