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Public Library of Science, PLoS ONE, 5(6), p. e19745, 2011
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0019745
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Proliferative Hypothalamic Neurospheres Express NPY, AGRP, POMC, CART and Orexin-A and Differentiate to Functional Neurons
Journal article published in 2011 by
Lígia Sousa-Ferreira,
Ana Rita Álvaro,
Célia Aveleira,
Magda Santana,
Inês Brandão,
Sebastian Kügler,
Luís Pereira de Almeida,
Luís Pereira de Almeida,
Cláudia Cavadas 
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Abstract
Some pathological conditions with feeding pattern alterations, including obesity and Huntington disease (HD) are associated with hypothalamic dysfunction and neuronal cell death. Additionally, the hypothalamus is a neurogenic region with the constitutive capacity to generate new cells of neuronal lineage, in adult rodents.