Serotonergic pathways in the central nervous system (CNS) are activated in the regulation of food intake and body weight. We hypothesized that adipocytes, like other cells of mesenchymal origin, possess serotonin receptors and thus could be regulated by peripherally circulating serotonin.
Department of Cancer Research and Molecular Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU), Trondheim, Norway. kamilla.stunes@ntnu.no
