Brain circuit linked to food cravings during pregnancy identified
2 sources·Updated September 18, 2026
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- News-Medical·14h agoStudy identifies brain mechanism behind pregnancy-related food cravings
Why do food cravings become so strong during pregnancy? Researchers at LSU's Pennington Biomedical Research Center, in collaboration with colleagues, have identified a brain mechanism that may help explain how pregnancy changes the motivation to seek certain highly palatable…
Read at News-Medical → - Medical Xpress·15h agoBrain circuit linked to food cravings during pregnancy identified
Why do food cravings become so strong during pregnancy? Researchers at LSU's Pennington Biomedical Research Center, in collaboration with colleagues, have identified a brain mechanism that may help explain how pregnancy changes motivation to seek certain highly palatable foods.…
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