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Lactation triggers significant metabolic changes in mothers, driven by shifting hormone levels and brain activity.

Oregon State University researchers have discovered a way to get anti-inflammatory medicine across the blood-brain barrier, ...

OSU scientists created nanoparticles that deliver anti-inflammatory drugs across the blood-brain barrier, offering hope for ...

Increased hypothalamic blood flow suggests an increase in hunger signals in the brain. The study findings indicate that ...

In a new study published in Developmental Cell on April 8, a research team led by Prof. WU Qingfeng at the Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology of the Chinese Academy of Sciences has ...

When you're hungry, ghrelin hormone levels increase in your stomach and other parts of your body. Learn what causes its ...