More than satiety: central serotonin signaling and glucose homeostasis.

Pissios, Pavlos; Maratos-Flier, Eleftheria · Cell Metab · 2007

editorial · Level V

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Abstract

Serotonergic agents have been used in the past for reduction of appetite and body weight. As reported by Zhou et al. (2007) in this issue of Cell Metabolism, they also have unexpected effects on peripheral glucose homeostasis independent of food intake and body weight.

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