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- abbreviation
proopiomelanocortin
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Orexigen said its Contrave drug works by stimulating a group of neurons in the brain, known as POMC, which, when activated, seem to result in reduced food intake and increased metabolism.
Regulators to Review New Drugs to Curb Appetite Thomas Gryta 2010
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Orexigen said its Contrave drug works by stimulating a group of neurons in the brain, known as POMC, which, when activated, seem to result in reduced food intake and increased metabolism.
Regulators to Review New Drugs to Curb Appetite Thomas Gryta 2010
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Orexigen said its Contrave drug works by stimulating a group of neurons in the brain, known as POMC, which, when activated, seem to result in reduced food intake and increased metabolism.
Regulators to Review New Drugs to Curb Appetite Thomas Gryta 2010
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For info in your area, call POMC, National Organization of Parents of Murdered Children, 888-818 - 7662 or online, POMC. com (sic).
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To find out how to commemorate this day in your area, call POMC, National Organization of Parents of Murdered Children, toll free, 888-818-7662 or go online, pomc. org.
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(A lot of the biology of addiction has to do with the opioid system in the brain, so this makes sense.) were combined as a weight-loss tool because bupropion increases the activity of key neurons in the brain (called POMC neurons), thus causing appetite to diminish and metabolism to rev up.
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It's only when both receptors go missing from those so-called POMC neurons in mice that the animals show signs of systemic insulin resistance as their blood sugar levels rise.
PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories 2010
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LEP and four other genes have been implicated in human obesity: PCSK1, LEPR, POMC and MC4R.
Matthew Yglesias » Health Scares Reduce Smoking, But Not Obeisity 2009
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The drugs activated receptors located on pro-opiomelanocortin or POMC cells, a subset of neurons in the hypothalamus.
Military Members at Risk for Joint Problems Ann Lukits 2011
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When mice with the POMC pathway were given nicotine or cytisine, they lost weight whereas mice without the pathway were unchanged.
Military Members at Risk for Joint Problems Ann Lukits 2011
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