UA study from the University of California, in the United States, carried out by a Brazilian psychologist and a neurologist, suggests that feeling hungry right after a meal may be due to a high number of ‘hungry neurons’.
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The investigation was published in the scientific journal Nature Communications. It was led by psychologist Fernando Reis and neurologist Avishek Adhikari, both graduated from the University of São Paulo.
The study demonstrated that, in addition to hunger being triggered by the stomach, it is also motivated by the presence of neurons located in the region of the brain associated with feelings such as fear and anxiety and which leave the body in a state of alert. study is called the periaqueductal gray and is located in the brain stem, which is very old in evolutionary history and is therefore functionally similar between humans and mice. Although our findings came as a surprise, it makes sense that the search for food is ingrained in such an ancient part of the brain, since it is something that all animals need to do”, explains Adhikari, quoted by the newspaper Metrópoles.
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