In the medical center of the University of Georgetown American scientists found the gene Bdnf, provoking a person for gluttony. With the help of laboratory mice, a number of special studies were carried out concerning the variations of this type of gene.

The experiment was aimed at studying the principle of the Bdnf gene, since this type of gene has long been associated with insatiability in food, although its mechanism was not known. After the human body received food, the gene was activated, signaling brain cells with leptin and insulin to saturate the body. As a result of satiety, appetite.

In a laboratory experiment on rodents, it was found that when mutating the Bdnf gene, the body is deprived of such a signal, obtained by the hypothalamus, so a feeling of insatiability. This is fraught with uncontrolled food intake, as well as a set of unnecessary weight.

In the specialists' plans, careful study of the Bdnf gene and its properties. This is useful for creating a drug that can block its mutation. Such a medicine is necessary for a quarter of the population of developed countries that are obese.

medbe. en.