A gaggle of mind cells in mice appears to set off starvation primarily based on what time of day the animals often eat – and the neurons’ exercise could be reset by forcing a change in feeding patterns.
If the outcomes translate to folks, it may clarify why we are inclined to really feel hungry round our ordinary breakfast, lunch or dinner instances, even when a earlier meal was super-sized. “We used to assume that starvation slowly creeps in as vitality sources…
Article amended on 22 November 2023
The headline of this text has been modified to raised mirror the findings of the analysis.