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Latest News for February 16th, 2018

Got the Munchies? Blame Your Gut

Food intake and energy balance are controlled by a dynamic interplay of gut-brain signaling pathways that are poorly defined. Recent work from the DiPatrizio lab, however, suggests that our bodies' own cannabis-like signaling molecules, the endocannabinoids, control gut-brain signaling important for food intake. Furthermore, this signaling becomes upregulated in diet-induced obesity and causes overeating. These...