{"id":234748,"date":"2026-04-07T02:58:36","date_gmt":"2026-04-07T07:58:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2026\/04\/scientists-discover-hidden-brain-switch-that-tells-you-to-stop-eating"},"modified":"2026-04-07T02:58:36","modified_gmt":"2026-04-07T07:58:36","slug":"scientists-discover-hidden-brain-switch-that-tells-you-to-stop-eating","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2026\/04\/scientists-discover-hidden-brain-switch-that-tells-you-to-stop-eating","title":{"rendered":"Scientists discover hidden brain switch that tells you to stop eating"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"aligncenter blog-photo\" href=\"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog.images\/scientists-discover-hidden-brain-switch-that-tells-you-to-stop-eating2.webp\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Your brain\u2019s \u201cstop eating\u201d signal may come from an unexpected source. Researchers found that astrocytes\u2014once thought to just support neurons\u2014actually play a key role in controlling appetite. After a meal, glucose triggers tanycytes, which send signals to astrocytes that then activate fullness neurons. This newly discovered pathway could lead to innovative treatments for obesity and eating disorders.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Your brain\u2019s \u201cstop eating\u201d signal may come from an unexpected source. Researchers found that astrocytes\u2014once thought to just support neurons\u2014actually play a key role in controlling appetite. After a meal, glucose triggers tanycytes, which send signals to astrocytes that then activate fullness neurons. This newly discovered pathway could lead to innovative treatments for obesity and [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":662,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11,1506,47],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-234748","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-biotech-medical","category-food","category-neuroscience"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/234748","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/662"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=234748"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/234748\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=234748"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=234748"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=234748"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}