Optogenetic stimulation of the liver-projecting melanocortinergic pathway promotes hepatic glucose production

Hypothalamic melanocortin neurons regulate systemic glucose homeostasis through incompletely understood pathways. Here, the authors show that a subset of pro-opiomelanocortin neurons innervate the liver via preganglionic parasympathetic cholinergic neurons in the dorsal motor nucleus of the vagus an...

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Autores principales: Eunjin Kwon, Hye-Young Joung, Shun-Mei Liu, Streamson C. Chua, Gary J. Schwartz, Young-Hwan Jo
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Publicado: Nature Portfolio 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://doaj.org/article/fe3b417b3e654fd0a95ad82351d23a97
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Sumario:Hypothalamic melanocortin neurons regulate systemic glucose homeostasis through incompletely understood pathways. Here, the authors show that a subset of pro-opiomelanocortin neurons innervate the liver via preganglionic parasympathetic cholinergic neurons in the dorsal motor nucleus of the vagus and that stimulation of this pathway elevates blood glucose levels