Bariatric surgeries are becoming common in the patients with the diabetes and obesity. The surgeries are becoming common and as the effectiveness of these surgeries is increasing with the new research. The scientists have published new dynamics of this surgery stating it might reduce brain’s addiction for sugar. The studies have shown that caloric intake is partly mediated by the dopamine reward system in dorsal striatum. The dopamine mechanisms have also been found associated with gastrointestinal tract (GI).
The addictive nature of sweets is highly intrigued by already present sugar in the GI tract. To check whether any modification of GI may hamper the sugar concentration altogether in the GI, scientists performed an experiment on the mice. The scientists performed bariatric surgeries on mice. Procedure consisted of bypassing the first section of gut (that exits the stomach) and…
