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Appetitive Associative Olfactory Learning in Drosophila Larvae
Published on: February 18, 2013
[Central regulation of appetite and energy metabolism.]
1Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Department of Homeostatic Regulation, National Institute for Physiological Sciences, /Department of Physiological Sciences, SOKENDAI(The Graduate University for Advanced Studies School of Life Science), Okazaki, Japan.
Abstract:
Recent advances of neuroscience shed a light in the neural pathway and mechanisms for food intake regulation. The central nervous system(CNS)has also been recognized as a crucial organ to regulate metabolism in peripheral tissues. This includes the increase in glucose and fatty acid utilization in skeletal muscle as well as in brown adipose tissue and the heart, improving type 1 diabetes without change in insulin secretion. CNS regulation for food intake and energy metabolism is important to understand the mechanism for homeostatic regulation in living body.
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