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The brain-stomach connection.
C Folgueira1, L M Seoane, F F Casanueva
1Grupo Fisiopatologia Endocrina, Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria de Santiago de Compostela (IDIS), Complexo Hospitalario Universitario de Santiago (CHUS/SERGAS), Santiago de Compostela, Spain.
Frontiers of Hormone Research
|April 16, 2014
Summary
The stomach-brain axis is crucial for controlling appetite and metabolism. Understanding gut-brain communication offers new therapeutic targets for obesity treatment.
Area of Science:
- Neuroscience
- Endocrinology
- Gastroenterology
Background:
- The stomach-brain connection is vital for maintaining energy balance.
- Neural and hormonal signals regulate stomach-brain communication.
Purpose of the Study:
- To review gut-brain interactions, focusing on the stomach-brain axis.
- To explore novel mechanisms in gastric-brain communication for energy balance.
Main Methods:
- Literature review of studies on stomach-brain interactions.
- Analysis of known systems like ghrelin and nesfatin.
- Description of novel pathways including the gastric mTOR/S6K1 pathway.
Main Results:
- Ghrelin and nesfatin are key players in stomach-brain signaling.
- The gastric intracellular mTOR/S6K1 pathway modulates metabolism.
- Endocannabinoid gastric systems interact with ghrelin and nesfatin.
Conclusions:
- The stomach-brain axis is a promising target for obesity treatment.
- Novel gastric pathways offer new insights into energy balance regulation.
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