Figure 2.
Food intake regulatory pathways. The ARC receives humoral signals, while the NTS mainly receives signals from the gastrointestinal tract via the vagus afferent nerves. ARC, arcuate nucleus; NTS, nucleus tractus solitarii; PYY, peptide YY.
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