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Insulin action on brain’s reward circuitry linked to obesity

June 7, 2011 by

Researchers have what they say is some of the first solid proof that insulin has direct effects on the reward circuitry of the brain. Mice whose reward centers can no longer respond to insulin eat more and become obese, they show.

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