The new research could have implications for how we treat obesity.
Sex or food? It’s an old-age question that friends ask each other at parties, but in mice models, it’s the foundation of some pretty interesting research, and it could have implications for“We can only pursue one behavior at a time, so our brain has to somehow compute what will be the most rewarding behavior, or what is our most urgent need,” toldon Thursday Dr. Tatiana Korotkova, a neuroscientist at the University Clinic Cologne in Germany and the lead of the new study.
The team found that increased food consumption was marked by increasing inhibition of a leptin receptor-expressing subpopulation at a fast timescale. In other words, LepRLH neuronsor drinking and promoted social interaction despite hunger or thirst but only in moderate cases.
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