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·June 18, 2019·4 min read

Afraid of food? The answer may be in the basal forebrain

A set of neurons in the basal forebrain may drive aversions to certain foods.

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·May 30, 2019·3 min read

Body parts respond to day and night independently from brain

Skin and liver cells appear to have their own circadian clock. Both the liver and skin respond to changes in light and maintain critical function, independent of the brain's circadian rhythm.

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·May 10, 2019·4 min read

Dietary fats entering the brain may explain link between obesity and depression: Mouse study

A mechanism that links exposure to high-fat diets in mice to changes in hypothalamic function which leads to depression has been identified. Saturated fatty acids enter the brain via the bloodstream, where they accumulate and affect key signaling pathways associated with the development of depression.

This shows AAN activation in the supraoptic nucleus

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·April 18, 2019·4 min read

General anesthesia hijacks sleep circuitry to knock you out

Study reveals anesthesia activated neurons have been discovered in the hypothalamus. Activation of AANs promotes slow-wave sleep, extending the effects of anesthesia, while inhibition of AANs shortens the duration of general anesthetics and disrupts natural sleep.

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·March 30, 2019·5 min read

Had Enough Water? Brain’s Thirst Centers Make a Gut Check

Hydration signals from the gut travel via the vagus nerve to activate thirst neurons in the SFO. These neurons signal to cells in the median preoptic nucleus, driving animals to drink and the kidneys to conserve water in the bloodstream.

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·February 22, 2019·9 min read

Finding the Elusive Drinking ‘Brake’

Researchers have uncovered a mechanism in the BNST that senses the negative effects of alcohol and modulates the urge to drink. The study reports that when this mechanism doesn't function correctly, we lose the ability to recognize that we have had enough to drink.

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·February 18, 2019·3 min read

How Animals Remember and Find Their Way Back to Food Sources

Study reveals the hippocampus may overlay existing mental maps with information about reward and hazard derived from food found in specific locations.

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·February 14, 2019·3 min read

Brain Pathways of Aversion Identified

Researchers have identified a specific pathway between the hypothalamus and habenula that controls feelings of aversion.

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·February 11, 2019·5 min read

Brain Cells that Modulate Behavioral Response to Threats Identified

Researchers implicate neurons within the dorsolateral septum in the regulation of fearful behaviors in mice.

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·January 31, 2019·4 min read

Identity Crisis of Satiety Neurons Leads to Obesity

A new study reveals the molecular switch that helps control the function of satiety neurons and body weight.

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·January 21, 2019·5 min read

Unexpected Link Between Feeding and Memory Brain Areas Discovered

A new study reveals how NCOR1/2 regulates memory involving a newly identified circuit between the lateral hypothalamus and hippocampus. Researchers believe the findings could have implications for future studies related to ASD and neurodegenerative diseases.

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·January 17, 2019·4 min read

Wired for Obesity: Genes Involved in Development Can Affect Body Weight

Study reveals people with obesity have more mutations in semaphorin signaling in the hypothalamus, implying semaphorins may be critical for maintaining a healthy body weight.

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hypothalamus

Afraid of food? The answer may be in the basal forebrain

Body parts respond to day and night independently from brain

Dietary fats entering the brain may explain link between obesity and depression: Mouse study

General anesthesia hijacks sleep circuitry to knock you out

Had Enough Water? Brain’s Thirst Centers Make a Gut Check

Finding the Elusive Drinking ‘Brake’

How Animals Remember and Find Their Way Back to Food Sources

Brain Pathways of Aversion Identified

Brain Cells that Modulate Behavioral Response to Threats Identified

Identity Crisis of Satiety Neurons Leads to Obesity

Unexpected Link Between Feeding and Memory Brain Areas Discovered

Wired for Obesity: Genes Involved in Development Can Affect Body Weight

How the Brain Maps Every Number

Non-Drug Breakthrough for Postpartum Depression

Cancer Drug Halts Fragile Brain Bleeds

Astrocyte Subtypes Drive Synapse Formation and Memory

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