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Proteins up-regulate pro-opiomelanocortin (POMC) and down-regulate neuropeptide Y (NPY) and agouti-related protein (AgRP) in the rat hypothalamus, via a phosphorylated mammalian target of rapamycin (mTOR) and phosphorylated AMP-activated protein kinase (AMPK)–dependent mechanism.