by University of Toronto A pioneer of gut hormone research that led to therapies for type 2 diabetes, obesity, and short bowel syndrome, Daniel Drucker is investigating whether the same hormones can help treat everything from heart disease to Alzheimer’s. Credit: Johnny Guatto Daniel Drucker is unraveling a medical mystery. Drucker, a professor in the...
THE KOREA ADVANCED INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY (KAIST) IMAGE: OVERVIEW OF THE MICROBIOME-GUT-BRAIN AXIS. CNMA IS UPREGULATED BY ATF4 AND MITF (AND POSSIBLY OTHER UNKNOWN FACTORS) DURING THE DEPRIVATION OF ESSENTIAL AMINO ACIDS, AND THIS ACTS ON CNMAR-EXPRESSING NEURONS TO STIMULATE THE COMPENSATORY APPETITE FOR ESSENTIAL AMINO ACIDS. CREDIT: PROFESSOR GREG SEONG-BAE SUH, KAIST...
SWANSEA UNIVERSITY A gut hormone, ghrelin, is a key regulator of new nerve cells in the adult brain, a Swansea-led research team has discovered. It could help pave the way for new drugs to treat dementia in patients with Parkinson’s Disease. Blood-borne factors such as hormones regulate the process of brain cell formation – known as neurogenesis...
