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- Relationship to Diabetes
- Type 1
Researchers have known for some time that insulin plays a vital role in regeneration and growth in some types of neurons that relay environmental sensory information to our brains, such as sight. However, they know relatively little about the role of insulin in the sense of smell. Now, investigators at the Monell Chemical Senses Center have shown that insulin plays a critical role in the maturation, after injury, of immature olfactory sensory neurons (OSNs). The team published their findings in eNeuro earlier this month.
"Our findings suggest that applying insulin into the nasal passage could be developed as a therapy for injury caused by a host of issues," said first author Akihito Kuboki, MD, a postdoctoral fellow in the lab of Johannes Reisert, PhD."
"Our findings suggest that applying insulin into the nasal passage could be developed as a therapy for injury caused by a host of issues," said first author Akihito Kuboki, MD, a postdoctoral fellow in the lab of Johannes Reisert, PhD."
Insulin is necessary for repairing olfactory neurons
Insulin plays a critical role in the maturation, after injury, of immature olfactory sensory neurons. Applying insulin into the nasal passage could be developed as a therapy for injury caused by a host of issues.
www.sciencedaily.com
I more meant the regeneration bit really. I was wondering whether we’d be seeing it in face creams and the like - “now with added insulin to really reduce those wrinkles”