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Light modulates glucose and lipid homeostasis via thesympathetic nervous system

Haiqing Zhao and Xiangning Chen, Eugene Lin, Mozhan M. Haghighatian, Logan Wallace Shepard, Samer Hattar, Rejji Kuruvilla | Science Advances, 2024 

This study reveals that the lack of regular environmental light negatively influences glucose and lipid metabolism and that the sympathetic nervous system mediates such an effect.