The neuron that is responsible for sugar regulation
Diabetes has been a long-standing disease that has posed several problems for mankind. To this day, we haven’t been able to find a complete cure for this disease. But, researchers from all around the world have been hard at work. And they made certain findings that could potentially help us solve the problem of diabetes.
Scientists discovered neurons that reacted to glucose over 50 years ago. But what they did in the body remained an unknown quantity. Since then, researchers have made significant progress in this domain. More specifically, researchers from the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology and New York University School of Medicine have now found a single glucose-sensing neuron that acts as the master controller in vinegar flies to maintain homeostasis (ideal glucose balance).
This neuron which was eventually termed the CN neuron has a unique structure as its axon is bifurcated. One branch actually projects signals to insulin-producing cells triggering the secretion of the insulin equivalent in flies. While the second project to glucagon cells inhibiting the secretion of glucagon equivalent.
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