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 ...

Nerve cells that tell us that we are full are the ones which also make us crave sweets, a new study found. Can this help us ...

You lean back from the dinner table, feeling like you physically couldn’t fit another bite in – but then someone offers pie ...

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

and anorexigenic pro-opiomelanocortin (POMC)/cocaine- and amphetamine-related transcript (CART) neurons that modulate appetite control. There are projections from the ARC to other hypothalamic ...

Although POMC and AGRP/NPY neurons are central to ... in light of previous work mapping neuronal populations in the human hypothalamus. “We’ve long known that the hypothalamus plays a role ...

These neurons, known as pro-opiomelanocortin (POMC) neurons, send signals to the ... The study found that neural activity between the hypothalamus and PVT quadrupled before the mice even tasted ...