Stress drives brain to crave comfort food
19 Jun 2023 by Ted Escobedo 1 min read
A team from the Garvan Institute of Medical Research found that stress overrode the brain's natural response to satiety, leading to non-stop reward signals that promote eating more highly palatable food. This occurred in a part of the brain called the lateral habenula, which when activated usually dampens these reward signals.
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