Why Do We Eat? A Neurobiological Perspective. Part VI

In previous posts in this series, I explained that the brain (primarily the mesolimbic system) integrates various factors to decide whether or not to drive food seeking and consumption behaviors.  These include homeostatic factors such as hunger, and non-homeostatic factors such as palatability and the social environment. In this post, I'll examine the reward system more closely.  This is the system that governs the motivation for food,...

Not the Story of CPRIT - Part 3: A Tangentially-Related Detour

I take a brief hiatus from relating the story of CPRIT to tell another story. This one is about a company that – please note – has no connection to CPRIT: Celltex Therapeutics. The tangential connection is that they are both in Texas and both are related to the mindset of some business folk and of our governor, Rick Perry, the man who recently stated that[CPRIT was] . . . intended . . . to get cures into the public's arena as soon as possible and...

The Story of CPRIT, Part 2: A Problematic Grant

The grant that upset Dr. Gilman so much that he chose to resign was an award of $22 million dollars for one year. The award had been presented to the Oversight Committeee and approved without going through any scientific review. It was a combination award to Rice and to an organization, IACS (Institute for Applied Cancer Science), associated with Lynda Chin, a scientist and wife of the president of M.D. Anderson, Ronald DePinho. Remarkably, the IACS...

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cara memasang google translator di mozilla firefox, Bismillah Assalamualaikum sahabat blogger, Alhamdulillah sampai saat ini ana masih di beri kesehatan hingga bisa menulis posting ini ,sahabat blogger untuk posting kali ini ana akan berbagi tips tentang cara memasang google translator di mozilla firefox manfaat dari memasang google translator ialah untuk menterjemahkan sebuah web atau posting...