Multitasking hunger neurons also control compulsive behaviors

This is a scanning electron micrograph of a human induced pluripotent stem cell-derived neuron. Credit: Thomas Deerinck, UC San Diego In the absence of food, neurons that normally control appetite initiate complex, repetitive behaviors seen in obsessive-compulsive disorder , and anorexia nervosa, according to a new study by Yale School of Medicine researchers.

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