If you guessed 'Nicotine, of course,' you'd be right. But now researchers have zeroed in on the exact brain cells that nicotine triggers to cut appetite and body fat.
It turns out that nicotine activates different kinds of brain-cell switches, or receptors, with very different effects, says study leader Marina Picciotto, PhD, of Yale University.
'We found that nicotine reduced eating and body fat through receptors implicated in nicotine aversion and withdrawal rather than reward and reinforcement,' Picciotto says in a news release."
It turns out that nicotine activates different kinds of brain-cell switches, or receptors, with very different effects, says study leader Marina Picciotto, PhD, of Yale University.
'We found that nicotine reduced eating and body fat through receptors implicated in nicotine aversion and withdrawal rather than reward and reinforcement,' Picciotto says in a news release."
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