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·July 27, 2021·8 min read

Three Brain Responses Linked to Successful Weight Loss Surgery

Neuroimaging study reveals three distinct response types in brain areas that control hunger, food intake, and appetite in patients who had undergone weight loss surgery.
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·July 27, 2021·6 min read

Eating for Hunger or Pleasure? Regulating These Feeding Behaviors Involves Different Brain Circuits

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.
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·July 5, 2021·2 min read

The Same Neural Pathways Promote Maternal and Paternal Behaviors in Voles

Connections between oxytocin neurons in the hypothalamus and dopamine neurons in the reward system drive parenting behaviors in both male and female voles.
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·June 1, 2021·4 min read

Why Moms Take Risks to Protect Their Infants

A mother's overwhelming desire to take risks in the face of danger to protect her child, and other nurturing behaviors, are driven by neurons in the cMPOA region of the hypothalamus which contains a protein called the calcitonin receptor.
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FeaturedNeuroscience
·April 24, 2021·5 min read

Why Does Food Smell so Good When We’re Hungry?

A study of hungry mice sheds new light on the neurobiology of olfaction and food attraction. Researchers identified a pathway that promotes attraction to food odors over other olfactory cues.
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·April 15, 2021·4 min read

Uncovering the Secret of the Hunger Switch in the Brain

Study sheds new light on how the brain regulates hunger. The findings may help with the development of new drugs to fight obesity.
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FeaturedNeurosciencePsychology
·March 31, 2021·4 min read

Newly Discovered Node in Brain Could Expand Understanding of Dysfunctional Social Behavior

Researchers have identified a specific node in the brain of mice that regulates vocalizations in response to social situations. If a similar location could be found in the human brain, researchers say it could potentially lead to new insight into social dysfunctions associated with autism and depression.
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·February 11, 2021·6 min read

Tiny Population of Neurons May Have Big Role in Depression

Induced changes in the function of AgRP neurons may contribute to depression, researchers report.
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·February 2, 2021·6 min read

Hormones in the Brain May Explain How Exercise Improves Metabolism

Exercise promotes the hypothalamus to release MOTS-c. Mitochondrial encoded MOTS-c interacts with the nuclear genome and regulates both cell metabolism and the stress response.
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·January 28, 2021·3 min read

Risk-Taking Linked to Particular Brain Features

Researchers found functional and anatomical differences in the brains of people who are more likely to embark on risky behaviors.
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·December 27, 2020·6 min read

Love and Hate in the Brain

Activity in the medial preoptic area tilts the mouse brain toward love and affection, while activity in the ventromedial hypothalamus is associated with more aggressive or hateful acts.
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·December 2, 2020·4 min read

Common Neural Circuit and Potential Target for Anxiety and OCD

Glutamatergic neural connections between the prelimbic prefrontal cortex and nucleus accumbens appear to be responsible for co-morbid anxiety and OCD behaviors.
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