Cannabis is well-known for having an effect on eating behaviors. However, how the natural cannabinoid molecules found in the body regulate feeding and eating is not well researched. Now Masoud Ghamari-Langroudi, research assistant professor of molecular physiology and biophysics, research assistant professor of pharmacology and faculty affiliate at the Warren Center for Neuroscience Drug Discovery, and his lab have discovered how endogenous cannabinoids, those made by the body, modulate the «feeding cells» in the brain to regulate body weight.
Hunger signals, including those from endogenous cannabinoids, mapped in the brain
Cannabis is well-known for having an effect on eating behaviors. However, how the natural cannabinoid molecules found in the body regulate feeding and eating is not well researched. Now Masoud Ghamari-Langroudi, research assistant professor of molecular physiology and biophysics, research assistant professor of pharmacology and faculty affiliate at the Warren Center for Neuroscience Drug Discovery, and his lab have discovered how endogenous cannabinoids, those made by the body, modulate the "feeding cells" in the brain to regulate body weight.