Brain’s Smell Center Requires Growth Hormone To Set Up Brain’s Wiring

A human hormone known to stimulate the growth of cells throughout the body has a new role - helping to set up the proper nerve connections in the odor center of the brain, according to University of California, Berkeley, scientists.The hormone, insulin-like growth factor (IGF), is well-known to biomedical researchers and has been tested as a therapy for diabetes and some growth disorders.

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Filed under: Endocrinology on April 2nd, 2008