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Gut hormone found to be key regulator of new nerve cells in the adult brain – News-Medical.net
A gut hormone, ghrelin, is a key regulator of new nerve cells in the adult brain, a Swansea-led research team has discovered. It could help pave the way for new…
Reviewed by Emily Henderson, B.Sc.Oct 21 2020
A gut hormone, ghrelin, is a key regulator of new nerve cells in the adult brain, a Swansea-led research team has discovered. It could help pave the way for new drugs to treat dementia in patients with Parkinson’s Disease.
Blood-borne factors such as hormones regulate the process of brain cell formation – known as neurogenesis – and cognition in adult mammals.
The research team focused on gut hormone acyl-ghrelin (AG), which is known to promote brain…
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