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.
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Dietrich, M., Horvath, T. Fat incites tanycytes to neurogenesis. Nat Neurosci 15, 651–653 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1038/nn.3091
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