Talk:Proopiomelanocortin

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"CLIP" is linked to some completely unrelated page. Must be a typo, but I have no idea what "CLIP" is, so I can't fix it. Help!

-- Daniela

Google tells me CLIP stands for Corticotropin-like intermediate lobe peptide, so I've piped the link to point to that (currently nonexistent) page. Thanks for pointing it out! -- Vary | Talk 14:58, 6 April 2006 (UTC)[reply]

α-MSH produced by neurons in the arcuate nucleus has important roles in the regulation of appetite and sexual behavior, while α-MSH secreted from the intermediate lobe of the pituitary regulates the production of melanin.

I think it should read "while γ-MSH secreted from..." --Chris81wiki (talk) 18:48, 23 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]