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The hypothalamus is a brain region implicated in several vital functions such as feeding, thermoregulation, reproduction, stress and metabolic regulation. Dozens of hypothalamic neuropeptides have been shown to be involved in the regulation of food
By Matthew Soleiman At first blush, eating as a daily behavior may seem fairly straightforward. However, neuroscientists are still getting a handle on the complexities of how the brain controls eating – complexities which may
Obesity is a nationwide epidemic, with more than one-third of adults in the United States qualifying as obese (about 78.6 million people) (Ogden et al., 2014). While there are strategies to prevent obesity, we are
