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Delphine Franssen1, Anne-Simone Parent2,3
1Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Hypertension, Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America.
Abstract:
Several dietary components disrupt the control of energy balance. A new study in PLOS Biology shows that, in mice, maternal consumption of emulsifiers induces a rewiring of the hypothalamic feeding circuits and causes neuropsychological impairment in the offspring.
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