A novel brain circuit that drives craving for sweets after meals, explaining why we always have room for dessert. Blocking it ...

Ossification of the posterior longitudinal ligament (OPLL) is a progressive spinal disease characterized by ectopic bone ...

Understanding why we always have room for dessert could lead to new treatments for obesity, researchers have revealed.

You lean back from the dinner table, feeling like you physically couldn’t fit another bite in – but then someone offers pie ...

Discover how POMC neurons trigger dessert cravings by releasing ß-endorphin, and explore implications for obesity treatment ...

Ossification of the posterior longitudinal ligament (OPLL) is a progressive spinal disease characterized by ectopic bone formation in the spine, leading to severe neurological symptoms due to spinal ...

Nerve cells called pro-opiomelanocortin (POMC) neurons were found to be responsible for post-feeding sugar consumption.

The craving for something sweet after a big meal comes from the same nerve cells that make us feel full, a new study shows.

Learn more about how craving sugar after dinner might actually have a biological explanation.

Who hasn't been there? The big meal is over, you're full, but the craving for sweets remains. Researchers from the Max Planck Institute for Metabolism Research have now discovered that what we call ...

Nerve cells that tell to us we are full also make us crave sweetsWho hasn't been there? The big meal is over, you're full, ...