How Does Leptin Regulate Hunger? When the leptin levels drop due to fasting, the brain signals the body that fat stores are low and we must eat. This is called the negative feedback loop. Circulating ...

Formally started in 1971 with the discovery of the insulin receptor, the field of insulin signalling has by now resolved many questions related to the cellular, biochemical foundation of the hormone's ...

Leptin, a hormone that regulates the amount of fat stored in the body, also drives the increase in blood pressure that occurs with weight gain, according to researchers from Monash University and the ...