The basal ganglia play a critical role in regulating movement, cognitive functions and emotional processing. Disruptions within these subcortical nuclei are increasingly attributed to defects in ...

UT Southwestern Medical Center researchers have identified an ion channel required for brain cells to suppress eating behavior in response to the hormone leptin or to the anti-obesity drug lorcaserin.

It's generally accepted that exercise is a key element of losing weight. But this long-held view has been called into question in recent years—with no shortage of articles and podcasts claiming it's a ...

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To date most research on obesity has focused on studying those with a high body mass index (BMI), but a research group in China is taking a different approach. In a study published July 14 in the ...

Angela Quintas, a chemistry graduate, explains that your basal metabolism is the energy your body uses involuntarily, without doing anything at all, to keep your heart beating, your lungs breathing, ...