When mice are full and eat sugar, these nerve cells not only release signaling molecules that ... to eat sugar even beyond fullness. This opioid pathway in the brain was specifically activated ...

The Max Planck Institute for Metabolism Research has discovered a brain mechanism that makes us crave sugar even when we are full. This pathway releas ...

Blocking opiate signaling of this pathway may support current and future obesity treatments. To find the cause of the "dessert stomach", the researchers investigated the reaction of mice to sugar ...

The researchers also found that molecular signaling pathways triggered by μ-opioid and TLR4 receptors played a role in regulating inflammatory and membrane weakening responses as well.

In mice and humans, the "dessert-stomach pathway" is activated by mere perception by releasing the opiate ß-endorphin, which makes evolutionary sense because sugar provides quick energy. Blocking ...

VIP36, a new CB1 agonist, targets a cryptic pocket to provide analgesia for chronic pain while minimizing side effects and ...

U.S. researchers said Wednesday they have reproduced the pain-relieving effects of cannabis with a synthesized compound that ...

The idea of a “dessert stomach” isn’t just a joke — it’s science. Researchers found that the same brain cells that make you ...

When mice are full and eat sugar, these nerve cells not only release signaling molecues that stimulate satiety ... that causes the mice to eat sugar even beyond fullness. This opioid pathway in the ...

When mice are full and eat sugar, these nerve cells not only release signaling molecues that ... to eat sugar even beyond fullness. This opioid pathway in the brain was specifically activated ...