Tensor tympani- The tensor tympani is the larger of the two muscles of the auditory canal, the other being stapedius. The muscle functions to dampen down sounds such as chewing. It arises from the cartilaginous portion of the eustachian tube as well as the adjacent section of the greater wing of the sphenoid bone.
A nonsense mutation in the leptin gene that results in a stop codon and lack of leptin production was first observed in mice in 1950. In the mouse gene, arginine-105 is encoded by CGA and only requires one nucleotide change to create the stop codon TGA.
Research on leptin describes it as a hormone that plays a pivotal role in regulating food intake and energy output. Some researchers suggest leptin is our starvation hormone - rather than our obesity hormone.Leptin is a protein that's made in the fat cells, circulates in the bloodstream and goes to the brain.eptin resistance occurs when your leptin is high and you are overweight, but your brain cannot see it. In other words, your brain is starved while your body is obese. Some researchers have referred to this as brain starvation.