basic FUNCTION
| playing a role in brain and sense organ development |
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involved in the development of the neural network for the signaling, being essential for various actions of agouti-related protein (AGRP) |
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plays a role in normal regulation of energy homeostasis and behavior |
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brain-specific homeodomain transcription factor expressed primarily during embryogenesis  |
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in the adult lateral parabrachial nucleus (LPB), is required for the long-lasting orexigenic effect of AGRP via the neural circuitry involving calcitonin gene-related peptide neurons  |
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