The Anorectic Actions of the TGFβ Cytokine MIC-1/GDF15 Require an Intact Brainstem Area Postrema and Nucleus of the Solitary Tract

• Vicky Wang-Wei Tsai,

  Affiliation St Vincent's Centre for Applied Medical Research, St Vincent's Hospital and University of New South Wales, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

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• Rakesh Manandhar,

  Affiliation St Vincent's Centre for Applied Medical Research, St Vincent's Hospital and University of New South Wales, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

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• Sebastian Beck Jørgensen,

  Affiliation Diabetes Research Unit, Novo Nordisk A/S, Maaloev, Denmark

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• Ka Ki Michelle Lee-Ng,

  Affiliation St Vincent's Centre for Applied Medical Research, St Vincent's Hospital and University of New South Wales, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

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• Hong Ping Zhang,

  Affiliation St Vincent's Centre for Applied Medical Research, St Vincent's Hospital and University of New South Wales, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

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• Christopher Peter Marquis,

  Affiliation School of Biotechnology and Biomolecular Sciences, University of New South Wales, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

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• Lele Jiang,

  Affiliation St Vincent's Centre for Applied Medical Research, St Vincent's Hospital and University of New South Wales, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

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• Yasmin Husaini,

  Affiliation St Vincent's Centre for Applied Medical Research, St Vincent's Hospital and University of New South Wales, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

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• Shu Lin,

  Affiliation Neuroscience Program, Garvan Institute of Medical Research, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

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• Amanda Sainsbury,

  Affiliations Neuroscience Program, Garvan Institute of Medical Research, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, The Boden Institute of Obesity, Nutrition, Exercise & Eating Disorders, Sydney Medical School, The University of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

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• Paul E. Sawchenko,

  Affiliation Laboratory of Neuronal Structure and Function, The Salk Institute for Biological Studies, La Jolla, California, United States of America

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• David A. Brown ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: David A. Brown, Samuel N. Breit

  Affiliation St Vincent's Centre for Applied Medical Research, St Vincent's Hospital and University of New South Wales, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

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• Samuel N. Breit

  Contributed equally to this work with: David A. Brown, Samuel N. Breit

  * E-mail: s.breit@amr.org.au

  Affiliation St Vincent's Centre for Applied Medical Research, St Vincent's Hospital and University of New South Wales, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

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