It also has the ‌beneficial side effect of lowering ⁠blood sugar ⁠levels, according to the report.In previous experiments, the researchers had seen that mice breathing low-oxygen air had dramatically lower blood glucose levels than normal. That meant the animals were quickly using up glucose after they ate, putting ​them at lower risk for diabetes. "The idea that muscle remodeling requires the output of these brain neurons is a pretty big surprise," study leader Erik Bloss of The Jackson Laboratory in Bar Harbor, Maine said in a statement. "If you give a normal mouse ​access to a running wheel, they will run kilometers at a time," said Bloss. "When researchers stimulated SF1 neurons for an hour after treadmill sessions, mice showed enhanced endurance gains and reached higher maximum speeds.

Source: Economic Times February 22, 2026 04:42 UTC