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Overactive brain circuit causes anorexia in animal model

May 12, 2022May 12, 2022anorexia, brain circuit, dopamine, DRD1, Research, serotonin

Restoring the normal activity of a particular overactive brain circuit improved anorexia in an animal model of the condition.

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Eating for hunger or pleasure? This is how the brain handles these feeding behaviors

August 26, 2021August 26, 2021brain circuit, GABA A receptor, hunger, ion channel, Research, serotonin, serotonin 1B receptor, serotonin 2C receptor

The researchers found that each type of feeding is wired by its own independent circuit that does not influence the other type.

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‘Can you hear me, now?’ A new strategy ‘raises the volume’ of hard-to-detect gut-body communication

June 27, 2019June 27, 2019enteroendocrine cells, enteroids, gut-body communication, microbiome, neurogenin-3, Norovirus, Research, rotavirus, serotonin

Throughout the gastrointestinal tract there are specialized hormone-producing cells called enteroendocrine cells and, although they comprise only a small population of the total cells, they

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From The Labs Image of the Month From the Labs: Adult-born neurons made the cover

Healthy Habits: A DOC-umentary Series

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