What’s that smell? Figuring out how animals navigate with their noses.
January 19, 2016
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TEST3Justus Verhagen, PhD, an Associate Fellow at The John B. Pierce Laboratory, is one of 17 researchers nationwide working as part of the White House BRAIN Initiative under a grant from the National Science Foundation to study how the brain processes and identifies odors.… Continue Reading ?
Compromised dopamine signaling is associated with impulsive behaviors in obesity and alcoholism
January 14, 2016
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TEST3Compromised dopamine signaling is associated with impulsive behaviors in obesity and alcoholism and administration of fatty acid amide oleoylethanolamide (OEA) has been shown to rescue dopamine signaling in rodents. Dr. Dana Small and her colleagues tested whether three-week supplemen
Continue Reading ?Dr. Dana Small receives two honors
January 14, 2016
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TEST3Dana Small, PhD, Deputy Director for Research at The John B. Pierce Laboratory, and Professor of Psychiatry at Yale School of Medicine, is the Society for the Study of Ingestive Behavior (SSIB) annual recipient of the Alan N.… Continue Reading ?
Heightened ability to imagine odors linked to higher body weight
January 14, 2016
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TEST3Researchers at The John B. Pierce Laboratory and the Yale School of Medicine have revealed that the ability to vividly imagine the smell of popcorn, freshly baked cookies and even non-food odors is greater in obese adults.… Continue Reading ?
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