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Brain’s Motivation Mechanics: How Hunger Drives Goal Pursuit

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[ad_1] Summary: Researchers unveiled how the brain’s thalamus navigates hunger-driven motivation. Through innovative experiments with mice, the study explores the role of two distinct neuronal populations within the paraventricular nucleus (PVT), showing how they regulate actions towards achieving a goal, like foraging for food. The study demonstrates that dopamine D2 receptor-positive (PVTD2(+)) neurons amplify motivation … Read more

Israeli forces raid Gaza City’s al-Shifa hospital

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[ad_1] By Joel Gunter & David Gritten BBC News, in Jerusalem and London 18 March 2024, 01:59 GMT Updated 2 hours ago Image caption, Al-Shifa is only one of six hospitals in the northern Gaza Strip that are partially functional (File photo from February 2024) The Israeli military says it has taken control of al-Shifa … Read more

Haiti: Machete-wielding militias battle gangs in Port-au-Prince as elites vie for power

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[ad_1] Port-au-Prince, Haiti CNN  —  The wide road that passes in front of Haiti’s Toussaint Louverture International Airport has a post-apocalyptic stillness these days. Where cars and crowds of people once massed, only tendrils of smoke rise from smoldering piles of trash, sending a bitter taste into the air. An armored police vehicle hulks nearby; … Read more

‘Perfectly healthy’ newborn baby girl died days after making ‘grunting’ noises – as parents issue desperate plea

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[ad_1] A MUM has shared the heartbreaking moments she watched her newborn baby slowly die from an infection that could have been prevented with a £15 test. Natalie Lockyer’s daughter Quin developed Group B Strep infection (GBS) in the fifth week of her life, a bug the mum had unknowingly passed onto her during labour. … Read more

Johnson’s Plan B for Ukraine leaves questions unanswered

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[ad_1] Speaker Mike Johnson’s (R-La.) Plan B for Ukraine aid has raised as many questions as it’s answered. The Speaker told Republican senators last week that he intends to send them legislation providing new military funding for Kyiv, after the House considers a separate spending package to prevent a government shutdown on March 22. And in a … Read more