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Role of brain stress in obesity, type 2 diabetes development

October 1, 2013 by

Researchers have gained new insights into how obesity and type 2 diabetes can create a stress response in the brain, especially in the hypothalamus (the brain region that regulates appetite and energy production), that may contribute to altering metabolism throughout the body.

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