A new study conducted by researchers at University of Michigan reveals that chocolate has the same effect on a part of brain as opium, explaining why some people cannot resist eating it. The researchers said that the region of the brain was part of a larger region known as striatum. The researchers studied the effect of eating M (and) M chocolate sweets in mice and found that it increased the level of a natural brain chemical called enkephalin and when the researchers used ...Friday, 21 September 2012
Chocolate Affects the Brain in the Same Way as Opium
A new study conducted by researchers at University of Michigan reveals that chocolate has the same effect on a part of brain as opium, explaining why some people cannot resist eating it. The researchers said that the region of the brain was part of a larger region known as striatum. The researchers studied the effect of eating M (and) M chocolate sweets in mice and found that it increased the level of a natural brain chemical called enkephalin and when the researchers used ...
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