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Brain Cancer Featured Neurology Neuroscience

·August 27, 2019·4 min read

Researchers take aim at circadian clock in deadly brain cancer

Glioblastoma stem cells' circadian clocks ramp up the cells' metabolism, making them stronger, more resistant to treatment, and able to divide and multiply more rapidly. By targeting the stem cells with a small molecule drug, researchers found mice models lived longer and their tumors shrank.

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·September 2, 2018·4 min read

Bile Acids Reduce Cocaine Reward

Using mouse models, researchers found bile diversion surgery reduced cocaine induced increases in dopamine release and cocaine related behaviors. Researchers believe bariatric surgery or the consumption of a synthetic bile drug may help curb cocaine addiction in humans.

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·December 2, 2016·5 min read

Gut Microbe Movements Regulate Host Circadian Rhythms

Study exposes a new dynamic between the mammalian organism and the microbes that live inside their gut.

Featured Genetics Psychology

·May 12, 2017·4 min read

Genetic Locus on Chromosome 12 Implicated in Anorexia Nervosa

Genome wide analysis of anorexia identifies the common roots the disease shares with metabolic and psychiatric traits.

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·May 21, 2018·5 min read

Eating at Night and Sleeping by Day Swiftly Alters Key Blood Proteins

Researchers report proteins associated with immunity and metabolism can become disrupted following just one simulated night shift.

This shows neurons in the central amygdala

Featured Neuroscience

·April 25, 2019·4 min read

Comfort food leads to more weight gain during stress

A combination of chronic stress and high-calorie diets raised insulin levels tenfold in the amygdala of mice. Prolonged high levels of insulin in the central amygdala resulted in neurons becoming desensitized to insulin. The desensitized neurons boosted NPY levels, which promoted eating and reduced the normal homeostasis response to burn calories. The findings may shed light on why some indulge in high-calorie foods when stressed, and why this may lead to obesity.

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·July 14, 2018·3 min read

Fat Consumption is the Only Cause of Weight Gain

Researchers say dietary fats, not sugars or proteins, are the only cause of weight gain.

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·February 2, 2019·4 min read

Exercise is Your Best Defense Against Deep Abdominal Fat

Researchers report the most effective way to reduce internal, visceral fat is to exercise.

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·January 19, 2017·5 min read

Insecticides Mimic Melatonin, Creating Higher Risk of Diabetes

According to a new study, synthetic chemicals found in some insecticides can bind to melatonin receptors, creating a higher risk for people to develop diabetes and other metabolic disorders.