High-calorie and exceedingly pleasurable foods appear to change rat brain rewards circuitry, causing the rodents to continue to seek such fare. Erika Beras reports

60-Second Health

Scientific American

Junk Diet Rewires Rat Brains

FEB 7, 20152 MIN
60-Second Health

Junk Diet Rewires Rat Brains

FEB 7, 20152 MIN

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High-calorie and exceedingly pleasurable foods appear to change rat brain rewards circuitry, causing the rodents to continue to seek such fare. Erika Beras reports