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Aug 31, 2022

Eavesdropping on Communication Between Fat and Brain

Posted by in categories: biotech/medical, neuroscience

Summary: Newly discovered sensory neurons send information related to stress and metabolism from adipose fat tissue to the brain.

Source: Scripps Research Institute.

What did the fat say to the brain? For years, it was assumed that hormones passively floating through the blood were the way that a person’s fat—called adipose tissue—could send information related to stress and metabolism to the brain.

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