Chinese scientists discovered roles of hypothalamic amino acid sensing in antidepressant effects (IMAGE)

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Chinese scientists discovered roles of hypothalamic amino acid sensing in antidepressant effects

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Deprivation of an essential amino acid leucine exhibits antidepressant effects under chronic stress by stimulating GCN2 and neural activity in AgRP neurons

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Feixiang Yuan, Shangming Wu, Ziheng Zhou, Fuxin Jiao, Hanrui Yin, Yuguo Niu, Haizhou Jiang, Shanghai Chen, Feifan Guo

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