Review of the role of the nervous system in glucose homoeostasis and future perspectives towards the management of diabetes

Abstract Diabetes is a disease caused by a breakdown in the glucose metabolic process resulting in abnormal blood glucose fluctuations. Traditionally, control has involved external insulin injection in response to elevated blood glucose to substitute the role of the beta cells in the pancreas which...

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Main Authors: Amparo Güemes, Pantelis Georgiou
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2018-07-01
Series:Bioelectronic Medicine
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s42234-018-0009-4