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Thursday, June 16, 2011

Study links insulin action on brain's reward circuitry to obesity

Study links insulin action on brain's reward circuitry to obesity: "They focused on key neurons of the midbrain that release dopamine, a chemical messenger in the brain involved in motivation, punishment and reward, among other functions. When insulin signaling was inactivated in those neurons, mice grew fatter and ...
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