The sensitivity of the brain to insulin may be modulated by menstrual cycle phase, a paper published in Nature Metabolism suggests. The findings are based on a randomized clinical trial involving 11 women.
. Brain insulin activity was measured via intranasal insulin administration and compared to a non-insulin placebo spray.
The authors found that during the follicular phase of the menstrual cycle, there was increased insulinin the brain, which was not observed during the luteal phase. They conducted functional MRI scans in an additional 15 women to assess insulin sensitivity in a specific brain region, the hypothalamus, and observed similar insulin sensitivity during the follicular but not luteal phase of the menstrual cycle.
The authors suggest that the brain's sensitivity to insulin is higher during the follicular phase of the menstrual cycle, and that brain insulin resistance could contribute to whole-body insulin resistance in the luteal phase. In an accompanying News & Views article in the same journal issue, Nils Kroemer writes,"The current study provides evidence for the crucial role of insulin in the brain in regulating whole-body insulin sensitivity during the menstrual cycle.
"Flanked by the observed increase in hypothalamic insulin sensitivity, it is plausible that altered hypothalamic projections to motivational circuits could help to explain associated changes in body weight regulation, appetite and food craving that are often reported in a premenstrual phase when centralJulia Hummel et al, Brain insulin action on peripheral insulin sensitivity in women depends on menstrual cycle...
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