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From The Labs

Rap1 controls the body’s sugar levels from the brain, regulating it may help manage diabetes

June 22, 2021 Brain, Diabetes, high-fat diet, hypothalamus, Rap1, Research, VMH neurons

One day, people might be able to control diabetes from the brain.

From The Labs

Gene Rev-erb in the brain sets the rhythm of the liver’s response to insulin

June 15, 2021 Brain, Diabetes, GABA neurons, liver, Research, Rev-erb gene, suprachiasmatic nucleus

The findings support that an altered daily rhythm of expression of the Rev-erb gene in the brain may underlie dawn phenomenon in diabetes.

From The Labs

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

August 22, 2019 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

Policywise

What if someone could be ‘kind of’ alive?

April 24, 2019 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

From The Labs

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

February 19, 2019 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

From The Labs

Making moves and memories, are they connected?

November 15, 2018 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

From The Labs

He said/she said about body weight control

September 27, 2018 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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Momentum

Throwback Thursday: A totally normal party

December 24, 2015 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

Momentum

Eagleman to host television series on how brain works

September 30, 2015 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,