How the brain senses nutrient balance
Friday, November 18, 2011 - 12:31
in Biology & Nature
There is no doubt that eating a balanced diet is essential for maintaining a healthy body weight as well as appropriate arousal and energy balance, but the details about how the nutrients we consume are detected and processed in the brain remain elusive. Now, a research study discovers intriguing new information about how dietary nutrients influence brain cells that are key regulators of energy balance in the body. The study, published by Cell Press in the 17 November issue of the journal Neuron, suggests a cellular mechanism that may allow brain cells to translate different diets into different patterns of activity...