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A certain type of brain chemical signal in the hunger center of fasted rats helps tell them to eat more.

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Role of ventromedial hypothalamic dopaminergic D1-like receptors in regulating standard food intake in 24-hour food-deprived male rats.

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2025 Sep 15

Scientists found that turning on a specific brain receptor in the hypothalamus made hungry rats eat more, and turning it off made them eat less—proving this receptor helps control eating when rats are hungry.

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Role of ventromedial hypothalamic dopaminergic D1-like receptors in regulating standard food intake in 24-hour food-deprived male rats.

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DOI: 10.1016/j.brainres.2025.149846

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The rats ate more because of the brain receptor change—not because they were moving around more or less.

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When scientists turned on a specific type of brain receptor in the hunger center of fasted rats, the rats ate more food—and when they turned it off, the rats ate less.

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A part of the rat brain called the ventromedial hypothalamus helps control eating when the rat is hungry, and dopamine signals through D1 receptors are part of how it works.

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