This study describes a new analysis strategy to compare active neurons during behavioral tasks across the brain. This is significant because analysing how different brain areas are active during ...
US researchers have found an astonishingly simple brain circuit of just three types of neurons controls chewing motions in mice, and has a surprising impact on their appetite too. "It's surprising ...
It is one of the most important regulators of food intake and energy homeostasis. It comprises several distinct nuclei, among which the ventromedial hypothalamic nucleus (VMH) was the first to be ...