Mar 29 2008
Brain can identify calories
Mar 29: Scientists then conducted behavioural test by comparing normal and sweet blind mice on the basis of their fondness for sugar solution and those containing the non-caloric sweetener sucralose. The analysis showed that the sweet blind mice preferred calorie rich sugar water than the non-sugar one.
After examining the brain of the sweet blind mice the researchers found that the reward circuitry was switched on by caloric intake that is independent of the animal’s ability to taste. Researchers also find that the level of the chemical dopamine increased in mice, which determines the central and the reward circuitry.
Adding to this the electrophysiological studies revealed that the neurons in the food-reward region known as the nucleus accumbens get activated by caloric intake which is independent of taste. The revelation of the research about the brain’s reward system being switched on by the ‘sixth sense’ mechanism is believed to have far reaching implications for understanding the reason of obesity.
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