Is the Brain a Key Player in Glucose Regulation and Development of Type 2 Diabetes?

Ever since Claude Bernards discovery in the mid 19th-century that a lesion in the floor of the third ventricle in dogs led to altered systemic glucose levels, a role of the CNS in whole-body glucose regulation has been acknowledged. However, this finding was later overshadowed by the isolation of pa...

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Main Authors: Martin H. Lundqvist, Kristina Almby, Niclas Abrahamsson, Jan W. Eriksson
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2019-04-01
Series:Frontiers in Physiology
Subjects:
CNS
Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fphys.2019.00457/full