Brain's opiate pathway explains why we crave sweets even when full
Who hasn't been there? The big meal is over, you're full, but the craving for sweets remains. Researchers from the Max Planck ...
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Sleep need driven oscillation of glutamate synaptic phenotype
Sleep's role to down-scale glutamate, excitatory, frontal cortical synapses is extended to include an up-scaling of metaplastic LTP potential, in recovery from prolonged waking induced saturation of ...
Study reveals direct gut-brain communication via vagus nerve
A recent study in an animal model provides direct evidence for the role of the vagus nerve in gut microbiome-brain ...
Pancreatic blood vessel cell map reveals potential diabetes treatment pathways
The distinct population of endothelial cells that line blood vessels in the insulin-producing "islets" of the human pancreas ...
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Research pinpoints weakness in lung cancer's defenses
Scientists uncover an enzyme that boosts cancer cell metabolism to fuel growth. The enzyme, GUK1, supports metabolism in cancer cells to help tumors grow.