Overweight & Obesity
Could that before-dinner drink make you eat more?
(HealthDay)—Having a drink before dinner really may make some people eat more—by focusing the brain's attention on food aromas, a small study suggests.
Jul 17, 2015
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Medical research
Researchers explore mechanism to stop ageing
As medicine has improved, we are increasing our ability to treat disease and improve longevity. The deterioration of the body with age, though, is a whole other matter.
Mar 23, 2015
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Neuroscience
The neural basis of 'being in the mood'
What determines receptivity or rejection towards potential sexual partners? For people, there are many factors that play a part, appearance, culture, age, are all taken into account. But what part does the internal state ...
Feb 12, 2015
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Neuroscience
Researchers discover brain circuit that controls compulsive overeating and sugar addiction
Compulsive overeating and sugar addiction are major threats to human health, but potential treatments face the risk of impairing normal feeding behaviors that are crucial for survival. A study published January 29th in the ...
Jan 29, 2015
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Neuroscience
Intracranial stimulation proved efficient in the recovery of learning and memory in rats
Stimulation of the hypothalamus completely reverses learning and memory deficits caused by brain lesions in rats, according to a first time discovery by a group of researchers led by the UAB. The research has also served ...
Jan 27, 2015
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Overweight & Obesity
Hunger hormone in infancy may link to lifelong obesity risk
Our subconscious motivation to eat is powerfully and dynamically regulated by hormone signals. The gut-derived hormone ghrelin is one such key regulator, promoting appetite through its effects on neurons in a small region ...
Jan 20, 2015
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Psychology & Psychiatry
PET/CT shows pituitary abnormalities in veterans with PTSD
Hybrid imaging with positron emission tomography and computed tomography (PET/CT) in the pituitary region of the brain is a promising tool for differentiating military veterans with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) from ...
Dec 1, 2014
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Neuroscience
'Trigger' for stress processes discovered in the brain
At the Center for Brain Research at the MedUni Vienna an important factor for stress has been identified in collaboration with the Karolinska Institutet in Stockholm (Sweden). This is the protein secretagogin that plays an ...
Nov 27, 2014
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Medical research
Obesity in mothers alters babies' weight through brain rewiring
Obese mothers are more likely to have children with metabolic disorders such as diabetes compared with thin mothers, but the underlying molecular and cellular reasons for this effect have been unclear. A study published by ...
Jan 23, 2014
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Overweight & Obesity
Double-barreled attack on obesity in no way a no-brainer
In the constant cross talk between our brain and our gut, two gut hormones are already known to tell the brain when we have had enough to eat. New research suggests that boosting levels of these hormones simultaneously may ...
Jul 9, 2013
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