When activated, ‘social’ brain circuits inhibit feeding behavior in mice
Friday, January 18, 2019 - 09:10
in Biology & Nature
Researchers at Stanford demonstrated that direct stimulation of fewer than two dozen neurons linked to social interaction was enough to suppress a mouse’s drive to feed itself. Feeding behavior and social stimulation activate intermingled but distinct brain circuits, and activating one circuit can inhibit the other, according to a new study by researchers at Stanford […]