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Saturday, September 26, 2015

Fat cells nerves

Bundles of nerves (red) that surround some fat cells (green) are key to fat breakdown—and weight loss.
ANA DOMINGOS, INSTITUTO GULBENKIAN DE CIÊNCIA
Bundles of nerves (red) that surround some fat cells (green) are key to fat breakdown—and weight loss.


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When the human body needs extra energy, the brain tells fat cells to release their stores. Now, for the first time, researchers have visualized the nerves that carry those messages from brain to fat tissue. The activation of these nerves in mice, they found, helps the rodents lose weight—an observation that could lead to new slimming treatments for obese people.

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