Scientists identify stomach`s timekeepers of hunger
Friday, August 14, 2009 - 13:21
in Health & Medicine
(PhysOrg.com) -- New York collaborators at Columbia and Rockefeller Universities have identified cells in the stomach that time the release of a hormone that makes animals anticipate food and eat even when they are not hungry. The finding, which has implications for the treatment of obesity, marks a landmark in the decades-long search for the timekeepers of hunger. The work reveals what the stomach `tells` the brain.
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