Congratulations to postdoc Andrew on receiving an award for his project “Peptidergic control of the motivation to eat via presynaptic modulation”!
Scientists Reveal a Key Link between Brain Circuits Governing Hunger and Cravings
“BOSTON – The urge to satisfy hunger is a primal one, but – as any dieter knows – choices about when and what to eat can be influenced by cues in the environment, not just how long it’s been since breakfast. The fact that food-associated visual cues in television commercials and on highway signs can contribute to overeating is well-documented. But how exactly do these external signals trigger cravings and influence behavior? ...”
New Paper!
Congratulations to Yoav and everyone else who made this work possible!
BIDMC Neuroscientist Mark Andermann, PhD Receives McKnight Scholar Award
“Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center neuroscientist Mark Andermann, of Brookline, recently received a 2016 McKnight Scholar Award from the McKnight Endowment Fund for Neuroscience in support of his innovative research into the ways the brain notices and acts on images relating to food, especially when an individual is hungry...”