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 ...

Neurons found in one of the oldest regions of the brain may control when we stop eating a meal, new research in mice hints.

A study has found that brain chemicals such as dopamine and serotonin work together in controlling hunger and food intake, a ...

"While we identified the mechanism and function of OPN3 in this region of the hypothalamus, how this receptor works in other areas of the brain remains elusive," Oancea said. "There must be a ...

The question of how the brain decides when to generate this costly behavior has intrigued neuroscientists for over a century and has led to the identification of relevant neural substrates. Various ...

Armen Saghatelyan aimed to shed light on how neural stem cells integrate a multitude of signals from different cell types in the brain – and how they decode these signals. ‘How does the brain ...

The hypothalamus is the main area in the brain controlling appetite. The arcuate nucleus (ARC) in the hypothalamus and area postrema in the brainstem have direct access to circulating hormones ...

offering new insights into brain activity and rehabilitation strategies to enhance recovery ... Oct. 24, 2024 — Researchers studied what happens immediately after a stroke in the stem cell niche ...

Brain organoids are derived from induced pluripotent stem cells and embryonic stem cells under three-dimensional culture condition. The generation of an organoid requires the self-assembly of stem ...

Summary: Scientists have discovered that neural stem cells (NSCs) receive constant feedback from their daughter cells, influencing whether they remain dormant or activate to form new neurons and glia.