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    GDF15 linked to maternal risk of nausea and vomiting during pregnancy

    GDF15, a hormone acting on the brainstem, has been implicated in the nausea and vomiting of pregnancy, including its most severe form, hyperemesis gravidarum (HG), but a full mechanistic understanding is lacking1

    M. Fejzo, N. Rocha, I. Cimino, S. M. Lockhart, C. J. Petry, R. G. Kay, K. Burling in Nature (2024)

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    MC3R links nutritional state to childhood growth and the timing of puberty

    The state of somatic energy stores in metazoans is communicated to the brain, which regulates key aspects of behaviour, growth, nutrient partitioning and development1. The central melanocortin system acts through...

    B. Y. H. Lam, A. Williamson, S. Finer, F. R. Day, J. A. Tadross in Nature (2021)

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    Neural mediator of the schizotypy–antisocial behavior relationship

    Prior studies have established that schizotypal personality traits (schizotypy) were associated with antisocial behavior (crime), but it is unclear what neural factors mediate this relationship. This study ass...

    B Y H Lam, Y Yang, A Raine, T M C Lee in Translational Psychiatry (2015)