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Endocrine Research

New findings from University of Paris describe advances in endocrine research

Published in Obesity and Diabetes Week, April 6th, 2009

"Early changes in neuroendocrine pathways are essential in the development of metabolic pathologies. Thus, it is important to have a better understanding of the signals involved in their initiation," scientists writing in the journal Cellular and Molecular Neurobiology report.

"Long-term consumption of high-fat diets induces insulin resistance, obesity, diabetes. Here, we have investigated early neural and endocrine events in the hypothalamus and hippocampus induced by a short-term high fat, low carbohydrate diet in adult male Wistar rats. The release of serotonin, which is closely associated with the actions of insulin and leptin, was measured, by...

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