Friday 24 February 2023

Leptin helps hungry mice choose sex over food

To eat or to mate -- that is the question (and the answer is: moderately hungry mice choose to mate). Researchers show that hungry mice prioritize interacting with members of the opposite sex over eating and drinking when their brains are stimulated with leptin, an appetite-suppressing hormone.

from Relationships News -- ScienceDaily https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2023/02/230223132230.htm

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