Today, in many countries, half of the population live with overweight, and the number is increasing. Many people successfully lose weight. The hard part is maintaining the weight loss. A new study ...

NE tumors of the prostate are heterogeneous, including adenocarcinoma with focal differentiation, carcinoid tumors, and small cell carcinomas (SCCs). 8 SCCs are clinically distinct tumors associated ...

The pleasure we get from eating junk food—the dopamine rush—is often blamed as the cause of overeating and rising obesity rates in our society. But paradoxically, anecdotal evidence suggests that ...

The satiety hormone neurotensin may provide a novel biomarker for assessing risk for diabetes, cardiovascular disease (CVD), and breast cancer among women, report researchers. "This is the first time ...

The identification of the neurotransmitter, neurotensin, which helps assign positive or negative emotions to a memory, has given researchers a better understanding of why some people are more likely ...

Many hormones and neurotransmitters work by binding to receptors on a cell's exterior surface. This activates receptors causing them to twist, turn and spark chemical reactions inside cells. NIH ...

Why do some people lose the joy of eating, even when surrounded by irresistible foods? UC Berkeley researchers have uncovered a surprising brain mechanism that explains this paradox. They found that a ...

The pleasure we get from eating junk food — the dopamine rush from crunching down on salty, greasy French fries and a luscious burger — is often blamed as the cause of overeating and rising obesity ...

The pathophysiology of autism remains obscure. Recently, serum neurotensin levels in children with autistic disorder have been found to be higher than those of normal children. Neurotensin is known to ...

Researchers identified neurons that promote non-REM sleep in the brainstem in mice. These neurons commonly expressed the gene that encodes the neuropeptide neurotensin. Activation of these neurons ...