MeSH tree: D12.644.400.550
You check into a hotel and toss and turn all night, but your sleep improves the following night. Scientists at Nagoya University wanted to understand why this happens. Working with mice, they have identified a group of neurons ...
Feb 2, 2026
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Mount Sinai researchers have identified for the first time the neural mechanisms in the brain that regulate both positive and negative impressions of a social encounter, as well as how an imbalance between the two could lead ...
Apr 30, 2025
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The pleasure we get from eating junk food—the dopamine rush from crunching down on salty, greasy French fries and a luscious burger—is often blamed as the cause of overeating and rising obesity rates in our society.
Mar 26, 2025
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Humans and other mammals can produce a wide range of sounds, while also modulating their volume and pitch. These sounds, also known as mammalian vocalizations, play a central role in communication between both animals of ...
Today, in many countries, half of the population is overweight, and the number is increasing. Many people successfully lose weight. The hard part is maintaining the weight loss.
Apr 11, 2023
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To eat or to mate—that is the question (and the answer is: moderately hungry mice choose to mate). Researchers publishing in the journal Cell Metabolism on Thursday, February 23, show that hungry mice prioritize interacting ...
Feb 23, 2023
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How much water do we need to drink to stay healthy? How do different diets affect our metabolism? Studies of various hormones in the body are providing diabetes researchers with new answers to these questions. The goal is ...
Jan 25, 2023
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Researchers at the Salk Institute and colleagues have discovered the molecule in the brain responsible for associating good or bad feelings with a memory. Their discovery, published in Nature on July 20, 2022, paves the way ...
Jul 20, 2022
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