Fat on the brain. (IMAGE)

Columbia University

Fat on the brain.

Caption

Vagal neurons that carry signals from the gut to the brain (nuclei shown in blue), with cells responsible for fat preference in green.

Credit

Mengtong Li / Zuker lab / Columbia's Zuckerman Institute

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