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From The Labs 

A new gut-brain connection that keeps weight off (or on) the scale

August 22, 2019August 22, 2019 Ana Rodríguez 0 Comments appetite, Brain, GIP, gut, high-fat diet, hypothalamus, leptin, Obesity, overnutrition, Research

Eating extra servings typically shows up on the scale later, but how this happens has not been clear. In his lab at Baylor College of

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Policywise 

What if someone could be ‘kind of’ alive?

April 24, 2019May 24, 2019 Clarice 0 Comments Brain, Center for Medical Ethics and Health Policy, consciousness, Death, Dr. Kristin Kostick, Life

When the executioner’s assistant held up the freshly guillotined head of assassin Charlotte Corday by her hair and slapped her face on both cheeks in

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From The Labs 

This brain circuit allows the feeding and memory centers to talk to each other

February 19, 2019February 19, 2019 Ana Rodríguez 0 Comments appetite, Brain, chromosome 17, hippocampus, hypothalamus, intellectual disability, Memory, NCOR1/2, neurodevelopmental defects, Research

It was not what the researchers were expecting to find when they set out to investigate how the protein complex NCOR1/2 regulates memory. “We knew

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From The Labs 

Making moves and memories, are they connected?

November 15, 2018November 15, 2018 Ana Rodríguez 0 Comments Brain, brain cortex, Cerebellum, cognitive function, Memory, muscle control, Research

It is known that certain areas of the brain are responsible for certain functions of the body. The cerebellum, a structure found in the back

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From The Labs 

He said/she said about body weight control

September 27, 2018September 27, 2018 Ana Rodríguez 0 Comments appetite control, Brain, gender differences, hypothalamus, POMC neurons, Research, TAp63

When male and female mice eat the same high-fat diet, the males gain significantly more weight than the females. The reasons for this difference between

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Throwback Thursday: A totally normal party

December 24, 2015October 7, 2016 Momentum 0 Comments Andy Phifer, Brain, History, Houston, Throwback Thursday

Ah, yes. A few friends standing around at some function or event, enjoying some refreshments and- wait, is that a brain? Why is there a

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Eagleman to host television series on how brain works

September 30, 2015October 7, 2016 Momentum 1 Comment Brain, Dr. David Eagleman, Houston, Neuroscience, PBS, Research, The Brain with David Eagleman

The newest science series on PBS will showcase a familiar face, Dr. David Eagleman, assistant professor of neuroscience at Baylor College of Medicine. For two years,

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In Case You Missed It
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In Case You Missed It: Dengue fever, successful weight loss, teledermatology and more

October 19, 2013October 7, 2016 Momentum 1 Comment Alzheimer's, Brain, Dengue Fever, Dermatology, Nutrition and Wellness, Technology, Teledermatology, Tropical Diseases, Weight Loss

Welcome to the weekend and to our usual roundup of news you may have missed from last week. Dengue fever It’s become clear: Dengue fever

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The aging brain and financial struggles

April 12, 2013October 7, 2016 Momentum 0 Comments Aging, Baylor College of Medicine, BCM, Brain, Dr. Mark Kunik, Dr. Robert Roush, Huffington Center on Aging, Jordan Magaziner, Memory, Nutrition and Wellness

As we age, it may become easier to lose our keys, forget someone’s name, or fail to recall where we parked our car. But the

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From the Labs Image of the Month

From The Labs Image of the Month From the Labs features an image of the laboratory worm, Caenorhabditis elegans. Image credit: Dr. Tao Chen/Wang lab.

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