PSYCH 1XX3 Chapter Notes - Chapter 8: Neuropeptide Y, Glycogen, Insulin
2 Jul 2015
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Glucose is stored in the form of glycogen: can be released in between meals whenever blood glucose levels are low, some is stored in the muscles, most is stored in the liver, the glucose glycogen balance is mediated mostly by the liver and a pancreatic hormone called insulin. After glycogen reserves in the liver begin to decrease, a signal is sent into glucose to the brain: once glycogen and glucose levels drop too low, you"ll begin to feel hungry, these steps allow the liver and pancreas to help buffer extreme swings in blood glucose levels. Showed that humans and other animals are capable of becoming leptin resistant: leptin resistance: beyond a certain point, leptin"s ability to, it"s likely that the primary function of leptin was to serve as indicator of low inhibit appetite is reduced energy stores, rather than a signal to directly reduce food intake.
