PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Canavan, Neil
ED  - Brüning, Jens Claus
TI  - Insulin Signaling, the CNS, and Longevity
DP  - 2008 Nov 01
TA  - MD Conference Express
PG  - 31--32
VI  - 8
IP  - 7
4099  - http://mdc.sagepub.com/content/8/7/31.short
4100  - http://mdc.sagepub.com/content/8/7/31.full
AB  - Numerous recent studies of animal models suggest a highly active role for the central nervous system in energy homeostasis. While this is not surprising, an expansion of these findings indicates that insulin signaling has a pronounced influence on the lifespan of a wide array of organisms.