Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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8337884 | The Journal of Steroid Biochemistry and Molecular Biology | 2018 | 4 Pages |
Abstract
Vitamin D deficiency is linked to type 2 diabetes and we recently showed this may be through action of vitamin D in the paraventricular nuclei (PVN) in the hypothalamus of the brain. This review focuses on the known roles of the PVN in glucose control and how previously discovered actions of vitamin D in other tissues may translate to action in the PVN. Specifically, we focus on the role of insulin and inflammation in the hypothalamus and how these may be modified through vitamin D action.
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Authors
Keisha Harrison, Stephanie Sisley,