Amygdala-liver signalling orchestrates glycaemic responses to stress
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This study, conducted in mice, found a brain pathway between the amygdala (emotion center) and the liver that controls glucose release during stress, independent of typical stress hormones. Repeated stress disrupts this pathway, leading to problems like high blood sugar and weight gain, suggesting a link between chronic stress and metabolic disorders like diabetes.
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When a mouse is stressed, its brain's emotion center signals its liver to release sugar for energy. But if the mouse gets stressed too often, this system gets messed up, and it can develop high blood sugar.
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Strong methodology utilizing a combination of techniques including chemogenetics, optogenetics, and circuit tracing to identify and manipulate specific neural circuits. The findings provide a novel understanding of the neural mechanisms underlying stress-induced metabolic adaptations. The reliance on a mouse model limits generalizability to humans, but the research has the potential to provide insights into stress-related metabolic disorders in humans.
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