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Junk Diet Rewires Rat Brains

Junk Diet Rewires Rat Brains

Update: 2015-02-07
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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
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