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To find where this 'thermostat switch' might be flipped, the researchers turned their attention to the body's central circuit for managing temperature, located in a part of the brain called the hypothalamus. Glowing MC4R proteins on hypothalamus cilia, on 3 week old to 24 week old mice fed a normal diet and a high fat diet. (Nakamura, et al.,
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