Thursday, August 6, 2020

REM sleep tunes eating behavior

Despite our broad understanding of the different brain regions activated during rapid-eye-movement sleep, little is known about what this activity serves for. Researchers have now discovered that the activation of neurons in the hypothalamus during REM sleep regulates eating behavior: suppressing this activity in mice decreases appetite.

from Health & Medicine News -- ScienceDaily https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2020/08/200806111820.htm

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