Why smoking pot gives you the munchies, according to cannabis research
The munchies are real — even science says so. The concept of getting the munchies after indulging in cannabis has long been a ...
Psychology Today10d
New Evidence That We're Wired for Connection
A Harvard team studying mice found that the brain processes isolation and loneliness like hunger and thirst, highlighting the ...
Nature8y
High fat induces acute and chronic inflammation in the hypothalamus: effect of high-fat diet, palmitate and TNF-α on appetite-regulating NPY neurons
High-fat diet (HFD)-induced obesity is characterized by induction of inflammation in the hypothalamus ... in brain slices or quantitative real-time PCR in cell lines, was performed to determine ...
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Hypothalamus articles from across Nature Portfolio
The hypothalamus is a brain area located below the thalamus. It consists of several nuclei with distinct functions, many of which involve regulation of the autonomic nervous system. POMC and AgRP ...