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Brain's impaired ability to sense glucose might play role in type 2 diabetes

08-30-2007 · UT Southwestern Medical Center

New findings from studies in mice suggest that defects in the brain's ability to respond to glucose play a role in the development of non-insulin dependent (type 2) diabetes, and that a high-fat diet may contribute to impairing brain cells' ability to regulate glucose throughout the body.

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