Researchers identified two brain areas in mice that helped the animals learn to suppress their instinctive fears of predators ...

AAP FactCheck – The infrared light emitted from smartphones cannot control human brain cells via a biological technique ...

Researchers have discovered that our desire for dessert, even when full, is controlled by the brain. The same brain cells ...

Explore the science behind why we always have room for dessert, even after a full meal, and the brain's sugar cravings.

Interrupting signals exchanged between tumors and the nervous system could become a critical pillar of cancer care ...

Researchers at Columbia University have discovered a unique group of neurons in the mouse brain that command the animal to stop eating.

In mice, the neurons that dictate the feeling of being full are also the ones that cause sugar cravings, potentially ...

Finally, the researchers wanted to establish a causal link between heart rate and brain activity, which meant doing optogenetics on the brain and heart simultaneously. “It was a pretty remarkable ...

See, researchers have discovered that the annoying cravings we often get for sweets—even when we’re full already—are a response of our body’s neurological systems. In fact, the same neurons in our ...

No matter how full you are, your brain still makes dessert irresistible. Scientists have discovered how your brain pushes you toward sweets.

Researchers have identified a group of brain cells in mice that play a key role in regulating appetite. These neurons, ...

How does the brain know when the body has had enough ... Tests in mice using optogenetics showed that when these identified neurons were activated by the light, the mice ate much smaller meals.