Internal-state-dependent control of feeding behavior via hippocampal ghrelin signaling

The consumption of sugar-sweetened, caffeine-containing beverages has increased significantly, which might be bad for general health. Anjum et al. (2018) aimed to address the impacts of these sugar-sweetened drinks (SSB) and the various ways in which they may affect one’s health, especially with regard to the brain, through their review of available evidence. Soft drinks […]

Since few human studies had explored the brain structures potentially affected by long-term diet quality, Akbaraly et al. (2018) tested whether there is an association between cumulative average Alternative Healthy Eating Index 2010 (AHEI-2010) score during adult life, with hippocampal volume. The researchers gathered data on the 459 participants of the Whitehall II imaging sub-study […]