Brain-Hormone Circuit That Helps Police Diabetes, Female Fertility
New findings by UT Southwestern Medical Center researchers suggest that the hormones leptin and insulin work together in specific neurons in the hypothalamus region of the brain to affect both the regulation of blood sugar levels in the body and, surprisingly, female fertility. “Many people, and even many physicians, think you develop diabetes that is solely secondary to obesity,” said Dr…
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