Friday, 30 January 2015

Overeating and Sugar Addiction Linked to Brain Circuit

Overeating and sugar addiction is found to be due to a specific brain circuit. The reward-related neural circuit specifically controls compulsive sugar consumption in mice. The control of sugar consumption could be done without preventing the feeding necessary for survival. This experiment provides a novel target for the safe and effective treatment of compulsive overeating in humans. Senior study author Kay Tye of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology said ...

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