Higher levels of the hunger hormone ghrelin predict a greater preference for smaller, immediate financial rewards over larger, delayed financial rewards.
AGRP neurons are responsible for those feelings of hunger which can make it more difficult to resist snacks when on a diet, a new study reports.
A new study opens the door for new treatments to help treat obesity and other eating disorders.
Researchers report the brain can suppress feelings of chronic pain when mice are hungry.
Researchers have identified a brain region and neural circuitry that mediates satiation.
Researchers have new evidence in rats to explain how it is that chocolate candies can be so completely irresistible. The urge to overeat such deliciously sweet and fatty treats traces to an unexpected part of the brain and its production of a natural, opium-like chemical.
Researchers may be able to affect what fruit flies eat by controlling neurons that regulate protein hunger.
AgRP neurons in the hypothalamus play a critical role in shaping the structure and function of the prefrontal cortex in mice. The findings shed light on how the prefrontal cortex is altered in disorders such as schizophrenia.
Researchers question whether eating 'good tasting' foods drives overeating leading to obesity.
Hunger significantly alters a person's decision-making ability, making them more impatient and more likely to settle for a small reward now than wait for a bigger reward in the future.
Researchers find a key function of the neuropeptide sNPF which regulates sleep, hunger and metabolism in Drosophila.
The brain regulates both eating for hunger and pleasure through serotonin-producing neurons in the midbrain, but the different types of feeding are wired by independent circuits that do not influence the other type of feeding.
