Identifying the brain mechanisms behind changes in feeding habits
Friday, October 28, 2016 - 05:01
in Biology & Nature
Fruit flies deprived of specific essential nutrients alter their food choices—and even the way they search for food. A team of neuroscientists, led by researchers from the Champalimaud Foundation in Lisbon, Portugal, "dissected" these behaviors, a first step toward identifying the brain mechanisms that are behind these changes in feeding habits.