MeSH tree: F03.400.125
The process of food intake appears to be organized at the cellular level like a relay race: during eating, the baton is passed between different teams of neurons until we have consumed the appropriate amount of energy. This ...
Sep 17, 2024
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Researchers at the University of Bonn and the University of Cambridge have identified an important control circuit involved in the eating process. The study has revealed that fly larvae have special sensors, or receptors, ...
Sep 13, 2024
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Scientists have shed new light on the genetic basis of dyslexia, showing how it overlaps with that of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD).
Sep 10, 2024
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In 2014, the International Olympic Committee named a syndrome affecting many of its athletes: relative energy deficiency in sport, or REDs. It's now estimated that more than 40% of professional athletes have REDs, and the ...
Sep 4, 2024
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A large, multi-institutional team of medical researchers reports that giving anorexic mice the peptide ACBP stimulated eating. In their paper published in the journal Science Translational Medicine, the group describes their ...
Women with the common reproductive and metabolic condition polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) face a greater risk of developing bulimia, binge eating disorder and disordered eating, according to new research published in The ...
Aug 8, 2024
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Most of the time, our brains are very good at blending together input from all our senses into a seamless, unified conscious experience of "my body." When this process of integrating different sensory signals goes wrong, ...
Jul 17, 2024
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Clean eating diets have become increasingly popular over the past few years. This style of eating emphasizes consuming whole foods and avoiding processed foods (even minimally processed foods) as much as possible.
Jul 11, 2024
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Poverty and mental illness are not only linked, but there is also a causal relationship. This is the conclusion of researchers from Amsterdam UMC, the University of Edinburgh and the University of Modena. Their study shows ...
Jul 10, 2024
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A McGill University-led research team working in collaboration with a French team (CNRS, INSERM and Sorbonne university) believes it has identified both the neurological mechanism underlying anorexia nervosa as well as a ...
Jul 8, 2024
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