Identification of melanin-concentrating
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Saito, Yumiko ;Maruyama, Kei
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Article
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2006
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John Wiley and Sons
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English
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## Abstract The neuropeptide melaninβconcentrating hormone (MCH) was originally isolated from the pituitary of salmon, in which it causes skin paling. MCH is also found abundantly in mammalian neurons, and has been detected in the lateral hypothalamus and zona incerta, brain regions that are at the