Why do parasites cause loss of appetite? Scientists have identified a gut-to-brain signaling pathway involving tuft cells and ...
Scientists have uncovered how your body actually tells your brain to stop eating when you’re sick. In a new study, researchers found that specialized cells in the gut detect parasites and send signals ...
Researchers found that intestinal tuft cells signal to crypt enterochromaffin cells by releasing acetylcholine, triggering serotonin release and activating a gut-to-brain vagal pathway during type 2 ...
Scientists finally cracked the mystery of why infections kill your appetite—and it all starts with hidden gut cells talking to your brain.
San Francisco have made a groundbreaking discovery regarding the physiological processes that cause a loss of appetite when individuals fall ill. Published on March 25, 2026, in the prestigious ...
A growing body of mouse and rat research is rewriting the textbook on how dopamine, the brain’s primary reward signal, ...