Link between changes in the brain and obesity
A recent study has found link between changes in the brain to the obesity, there is a strong link in structural changes in brain of rats and human beings as per the new research.
In the study conducted, mice were made to have high fat diet, that is bred to make them obese, and researchers thereafter found that this affected early and causing lasting injury to a specific part of Hypothalamus.
Obesity appears to be st
rongly linked to structural changes in the brains of rats and humans, according to new research. Then researchers used the technique of brain imaging on the humans who were obese and they found that there were signs of similar kind of damage in brain’s same area of obese humans, as seen the mice.
The study which was conducted by Dr. Michael W. Schwartz who is a professor of the medicine in University f Washington, has given a statement explaining about the link between the obesity and the structural changes in the brain “Obese individuals are biologically defending their elevated body weight”. Adding further he explained that how the obesity results in changes in the neurocircuits of the brain which controls the energy balance. He said that “To explain a biologically elevated body weight ‘set-point,’ investigators in the field have speculated about the existence of fundamental changes to brain neurocircuits that control energy balance.” Further adding about the findings about the study he added that “Our findings are the first to offer direct evidence of such a structural change, and they include evidence in humans, as well as in mice and rats.”
Though in this study and research there was no proving in cause and effect of the hypothalamic neuron injuries and defense of the elevated body’s weight. Thereafter the Dr. Michael W. Schwartz explaining further about this study and its future prospects he said that “That comes next, But this amounts to solid evidence of a change affecting the key hypothalamic area for body weight control with the potential to explain the problem.” The research though is definitely pin pointing about obesity is though related to changes in brain, be it in the Hypothalamus area. Body’s weight increase is known to have link with the changes in the brain. Investigations has been done on mice and rodents but with using of other advance technologies like brain imaging the study can be applied to humans as well.
The whole research and the study conducted will be published as paper titled as “Obesity Is Associated with Hypothalamic Injury in Rodents and Humans,” in the January 3rd issue of the Journal of the Investigation.
A recent study has found link between changes in the brain to the obesity, there is a strong link in structural changes in brain of rats and human beings as per the new research.
In the study conducted, mice were made to have high fat diet, that is bred to make them obese, and researchers thereafter found that this affected early and causing lasting injury to a specific part of Hypothalamus.
Obesity appears to be strongly linked to structural changes in the brains of rats and humans, according to new research. Then researchers used the technique of brain imaging on the humans who were obese and they found that there were signs of similar kind of damage in brain’s same area of obese humans, as seen the mice.
The study which was conducted by Dr. Michael W. Schwartz who is a professor of the medicine in University f Washington, has given a statement explaining about the link between the obesity and the structural changes in the brain “Obese individuals are biologically defending their elevated body weight”. Adding further he explained that how the obesity results in changes in the neurocircuits of the brain which controls the energy balance. He said that “To explain a biologically elevated body weight ‘set-point,’ investigators in the field have speculated about the existence of fundamental changes to brain neurocircuits that control energy balance.” Further adding about the findings about the study he added that “Our findings are the first to offer direct evidence of such a structural change, and they include evidence in humans, as well as in mice and rats.”
Though in this study and research there was no proving in cause and effect of the hypothalamic neuron injuries and defense of the elevated body’s weight. Thereafter the Dr. Michael W. Schwartz explaining further about this study and its future prospects he said that “That comes next, But this amounts to solid evidence of a change affecting the key hypothalamic area for body weight control with the potential to explain the problem.” The research though is definitely pin pointing about obesity is though related to changes in brain, be it in the Hypothalamus area. Body’s weight increase is known to have link with the changes in the brain. Investigations has been done on mice and rodents but with using of other advance technologies like brain imaging the study can be applied to humans as well.
The whole research and the study conducted will be published as paper titled as “Obesity Is Associated with Hypothalamic Injury in Rodents and Humans,” in the January 3rd issue of the Journal of the Investigation.
