Stress can influence the number of times we wake during the night Tero Vesalainen/Alamy Stress can cause people to frequently wake up at night, and a newly identified brain pathway in mice may explain why. If a similar pathway exists in humans, it could lead to new ways of improving sleep quality. Read more … [Read more...]
Brain cells that tell mice when to eat may do the same job in people
The activity of certain neurons in the brain may determine when we feel hungry Rost-9D/Getty Images A group of brain cells in mice seems to trigger hunger based on what time of day the animals usually eat – and the neurons’ activity can be reset by forcing a change in feeding patterns. If the results translate to people, it could explain why we tend to feel hungry around our … [Read more...]