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A healthy spinach salad with chicken and cranberries.
From The Labs

Trying to balance hunger and guilty pleasures? Penk neurons are here to help

September 10, 2024 brain circuits in feeding,  DBB-Penk neurons,  hunger,  Obesity,  pleasure eating,  Research

Penk neurons in the brain support an ideal, balanced feeding pattern in unexpected ways.

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From the Labs: Image of the Month

two distinct neuronal populations in separate compartments of a microfluidic device. On the left, neurons express the 4R tau form (pink), which is associated with toxicity in Alzheimer’s disease, while on the right there are neurons from healthy individuals expressing normal tau (blue). In the central microgroove region of the device, neurons extend axons between the compartments. From the Labs: Tau travels between neurons

Healthy Habits: A DOC-umentary Series

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