Optogenetic stimulation of the liver-projecting melanocortinergic pathway promotes hepatic glucose production
Hypothalamic melanocortin neurons regulate systemic glucose homeostasis through incompletely understood pathways. Here, the authors show that a subset of pro-opiomelanocortin neurons innervate the liver via preganglionic parasympathetic cholinergic neurons in the dorsal motor nucleus of the vagus an...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Nature Publishing Group
2020-12-01
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| Series: | Nature Communications |
| Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-20160-w |