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How diabetes went to our heads

A spate of recent studies has identified key neural pathways that control glucose production from the liver. They may provide a new link between obesity and type 2 diabetes.

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Figure 1: Principal pathways regulating energy balance and glucose homeostasis.

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Seeley, R., Tschöp, M. How diabetes went to our heads. Nat Med 12, 47–49 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1038/nm0106-47

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