Rats With Part of Brain Deactivated Move Toward Food But Do Not Eat
Tuesday, September 8, 2009 - 15:49
in Biology & Nature
Using an animal model of binge eating, researchers discovered that deactivating the basolateral amygdala, a brain region involved in regulating emotion, specifically blocked consumption of a fatty diet. Surprisingly, it had no effect on the rat wanting to look for the food repeatedly.