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Diabetes reduces expression of galanin-like peptide in hypothalamus

Published in Obesity and Diabetes Week, July 12th, 2004

Diabetes reduces the expression of galanin-like peptide in the hypothalamus of the rat.

"Galanin-like peptide (GALP) is produced in a small population of neurons in the arcuate nucleus of the hypothalamus, and leptin stimulates the hypothalamic expression of GALP mRNA. Because insulin and leptin share common signaling pathways in the brain, we reasoned that GALP neurons might also be responsive to changes in circulating concentrations of insulin. To test this hypothesis, we first studied the effect of insulin deficiency on the expression of GALP by comparing levels of GALP mRNA between normal and diabetic animals," investigators in the United States report.

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