A first-in-human study suggests that tirzepatide modulates abnormal activity in the brain’s nucleus accumbens, reducing food ...

A rare intracranial brain-recording study revealed that tirzepatide, a GLP-1 and GIP receptor agonist, temporarily silences craving-related neural activity in a key reward circuit of the brain.

Popular drugs for diabetes and weight loss, like Ozempic, Wegovy, and Mounjaro, can have profound impacts on the body, but what about the brain? These medicines are thought to broadly suppress ...

New research uncovers the exact immune-to-brain pathway that drives the loss of social motivation during sickness.

It has been shown that the more frequently processed foods such as instant foods are consumed, the more the structure of the brain area involved in appetite and compensation changes. This means that i ...

Deep brain stimulation—implants in the brain that act as a kind of "pacemaker"—has led to clinical improvements in half of ...