A bite of salty fries or a spoonful of creamy chocolate may give you a rush of pleasure. But when these treats are always ...

Chronic high-fat diets blunt the brain’s pleasure response to rich foods by impairing NAcLat→VTA signaling in mice.

New research has revealed dopamine and weight gain be more related than scientists previously thought they were.

Many obese people report losing pleasure in eating rich foods -- something also seen in obese mice. Scientists have now discovered the reason. Long-term high-fat diets lower levels of neurotensin in ...

Published in Nature, the study reveals a surprising discovery: long-term consumption of high-fat foods may dull the brain’s ...

When the researchers injected lean male mice with BRP, it reduced food intake by 50% within just one hour. The same effects were seen in minipigs, whose metabolism and eating habits are more similar ...

A previously overlooked dopamine-producing brain circuit drives hedonic eating, or eating for pleasure, according to a new study in mice. The findings ...

Stanford Medicine researchers have identified a promising, naturally occurring molecule that could help people lose ...

The same effects were seen in minipigs, whose metabolism and eating habits are more similar to humans. In a 14-day trial with obese mice, BRP injections led to an average fat loss of 3 grams ...