Insulin regulates POMC neuronal plasticity to control glucose metabolism
Dodd GT, Michael NJ, Lee-Young RS, Mangiafico SP, Pryor JT, Munder AC, Simonds SE, Brüning JC, Zhang ZY, Cowley MA, Andrikopoulos S, Horvath TL, Spanswick D, Tiganis T. Insulin regulates POMC neuronal plasticity to control glucose metabolism. ELife 2018, 7: e38704. PMID: 30230471, PMCID: PMC6170188, DOI: 10.7554/elife.38704.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsHepatic glucose productionPOMC neuronsSuch adaptive processesNutritional cuesGene expressionMolecular mechanismsGlucose metabolismInsulin receptorDiet-induced obesityTCPTPNeuronal plasticityAdaptive processHypothalamic neuronsNeuronal excitabilityGlucose productionMetabolismInsulinNeuronsRepressionNeural responsesObesityRegulationMechanismPlasticityExpression