These neurons ‘tell us’ to keep eating, even when we are full
New research in mice identifies a class of neurons in the brain’s ’emotional hub’ that encourages the mice to keep eating even when they are full.
August 23, 2017 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: diet, emotional-hub, keep-eating, mice, mice-identifies, neurology / neuroscience, the-brain, the-mice
CNIC researchers discover link between a mitochondrial defect and heart disease
The study shows that a diet rich in fatty acids can prevent heart disease and increase survival of the mice with this condition.
December 4, 2015 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: condition, diet-rich, fatty-acids, heart-disease, mice, nutrition, oncalldietitian.com, study-shows, the-mice
Could a high-fat diet help slow brain aging?
In a mouse model of Cockayne syndrome, scientists claim to have found evidence that brain aging can be postponed if the mice are fed a high-fat diet.
November 7, 2014 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: brain-aging, cockayne, diet, mice, mouse-model, neurology / neuroscience, nutritional counseling, scientists-claim, the-mice