This important study assessed the effects of food intake on sharp wave-ripples in the hippocampus of mice during subsequent sleep. Solid evidence supports the conclusion that sharp wave-ripples are ...

Researchers at Columbia University have discovered a unique group of neurons in the mouse brain that command the animal to ...

Who hasn't been there? The big meal is over, you're full, but the craving for sweets remains. Researchers from the Max Planck Institute for Metabolism Research have now discovered that what we call ...

Columbia scientists have found specialized neurons in the brains of mice that order the animals to stop eating. Though many feeding circuits in the brain are known to play a role in monitoring food ...

Sugar-responsive neurons encode and influence only sugar-related memories and intake. Disabling these neurons reduces sugar ...

A new study has found intermittent fasting could slow, or even reverse, the progression of Alzheimer’s disease.

The ability to regulate one's own food intake is essential to the survival ... subtypes in the mouse cNTS that are involved in how mice control their feeding behaviors. Their findings, published ...