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Male and Female Brains Process Junk Food Differently

Source: Neuroscience News • Published: 02 Nov 2026, 18:55

Summarized by Masters of Longevity from Neuroscience News.

In mice, 24 hours of high‑fat diet produced divergent synaptic changes in LH neurons.

Male and Female Brains Process Junk Food Differently
Key Takeaways
  • A single day of high‑fat diet altered LH synaptic transmission in mice.
  • In males, excitatory inputs onto appetite‑suppressing LH neurons were weakened.
  • In females, inhibitory GABAergic inputs onto those LH neurons were weakened.
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