Dhruv Sareen
Researchers from Cedars-Sinai have developed a new way to study the brain’s role in obesity, which involves re-creating the brain neurons of adults with the disease, according to a press release from the institution.
The study focuses primarily on the hypothalamus — the region of the brain that regulates hunger and satiety — and the ways in which neurons interact and aid in communication between the brain and gastrointestinal tract, according to the release.
“Understanding how this signaling process works at the cellular level is important in providing
Original Article: Scientists re-create brain neurons to study obesity