Dessert on your mind? Your muscles may be getting the message

Wednesday, December 2, 2009 - 03:49 in Health & Medicine

Even the anticipation of sweets may cause our muscles to start taking up more blood sugar, say researchers reporting in the December issue of Cell Metabolism, a Cell Press publication. That message is delivered via neurones in the brain's hypothalamus containing the chemical known as orexin and the sympathetic nervous system, the studies in mice and rats suggest...

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