PMID- 23550218 OWN - NLM STAT- PubMed-not-MEDLINE DCOM- 20130404 LR - 20211021 IS - 1662-4548 (Print) IS - 1662-453X (Electronic) IS - 1662-453X (Linking) VI - 7 DP - 2013 TI - CNS control of glucose metabolism: response to environmental challenges. PG - 20 LID - 10.3389/fnins.2013.00020 [doi] LID - 20 AB - Over the last 15 years, considerable work has accumulated to support the role of the CNS in regulating postprandial glucose levels. As discussed in the first section of this review, the CNS receives and integrates information from afferent neurons, circulating hormones, and postprandially generated nutrients to subsequently direct changes in glucose output by the liver and glucose uptake by peripheral tissues. The second major component of this review focuses on the effects of external pressures, including high fat diet and changes to the light:dark cycle on CNS-regulating glucose homeostasis. We also discuss the interaction between these different pressures and how they contribute to the multifaceted mechanisms that we hypothesize contribute to the dysregulation of glucose in type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM). We argue that while current peripheral therapies serve to delay the progression of T2DM, generating combined obesity and T2DM therapies targeted at the CNS, the primary site of dysfunction for both diseases, would lead to a more profound impact on the progression of both diseases. FAU - Arble, Deanna M AU - Arble DM AD - Department of Medicine, University of Cincinnati Cincinnati, OH, USA. FAU - Sandoval, Darleen A AU - Sandoval DA LA - eng GR - F32 DK097867/DK/NIDDK NIH HHS/United States GR - R01 DK082480/DK/NIDDK NIH HHS/United States PT - Journal Article DEP - 20130226 PL - Switzerland TA - Front Neurosci JT - Frontiers in neuroscience JID - 101478481 PMC - PMC3581798 OTO - NOTNLM OT - arcuate nucleus OT - brain OT - circadian OT - glucose metabolism OT - high fat diet EDAT- 2013/04/04 06:00 MHDA- 2013/04/04 06:01 PMCR- 2013/01/01 CRDT- 2013/04/04 06:00 PHST- 2012/10/29 00:00 [received] PHST- 2013/02/04 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2013/04/04 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2013/04/04 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2013/04/04 06:01 [medline] PHST- 2013/01/01 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - 10.3389/fnins.2013.00020 [doi] PST - epublish SO - Front Neurosci. 2013 Feb 26;7:20. doi: 10.3389/fnins.2013.00020. eCollection 2013.