A brain circuit is found to be responsible for getting addicted to sugar and overeating. Controlling this circuit does not seem to disturb the eating necessary for survival. The reward-related neural circuit specifically controls compulsive sugar consumption in mice without preventing feeding necessary for survival, providing a novel target for the safe and effective treatment of compulsive overeating in humans. Senior study author Kay Tye of the Massachusetts ...
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