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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2017 Apr 1.
Published in final edited form as: Bioessays. 2016 Feb 22;38(4):316–324. doi: 10.1002/bies.201500167

Figure 1.

Figure 1

AgRP and POMC neurons regulate feeding in response to nutritional signals. A. AgRP and POMC neurons are intermingled in the arcuate nucleus of the hypothalamus. B. The anorexigenic hormone leptin and the orexigenic hormone ghrelin regulate AgRP/POMC neurons in opposite directions.