Effects of Light-at-Night on the Rat Liver – A Role for the Autonomic Nervous System

Exposure to light at night (LAN) has been associated with serious pathologies, including obesity, diabetes and cancer. Recently we showed that 2 h of LAN impaired glucose tolerance in rats. Several studies have suggested that the autonomic nervous system (ANS) plays an important role in communicatin...

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Main Authors: Anne-Loes Opperhuizen, Ewout Foppen, Martijs Jonker, Paul Wackers, Martijn van Faassen, Michel van Weeghel, Linda van Kerkhof, Eric Fliers, Andries Kalsbeek
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2019-06-01
Series:Frontiers in Neuroscience
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Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fnins.2019.00647/full