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"These neurons are unlike any other neuron involved in regulating satiation," says Alexander Nectow, a physician-scientist at Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons, who led ...

Studies reveal important principles through which the brainstem regulates satiation, and begin to shed light on the neural determinants of meal size.