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 ...

These project from the arcuate nucleus to other key hypothalamic nuclei, such as the paraventricular, dorsomedial, ventromedial and lateral hypothalamic nuclei. There are also projections to and ...

In mice, the neurons that dictate the feeling of being full are also the ones that cause sugar cravings, potentially explaining why people are still able to eat sweets after a filling meal ...

Scientists discovered years ago that the hypothalamus—which helps to manage body temperature, hunger, sex drive, sleep and ...

the researchers utilized virus tracing and optogenetic manipulations to map the neural pathway from paraventricular nucleus ...

LHA = Lateral hypothalamic area; MCH = Melanin-concentrating hormone; NPY = Neuropeptide Y; OXM = Oxyntomodulin; POMC = Pro-opiomelanocortin; PYY = Peptide YY; PVN = Paraventricular nucleus ...