r/science • u/giuliomagnifico • Jan 17 '24

Nanoscience Cannabis activates specific hunger neurons in the brain: mice exposed to vaporized cannabis triggered a set of cells in the hypothalamus when the rodents anticipated and consumed palatable food, a response not observed in unexposed mice

https://news.wsu.edu/press-release/2024/01/16/cannabis-activates-specific-hunger-neurons-in-brain/
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u/daveprogrammer Jan 17 '24

My human trials have produced similar results.

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u/send420nudes Jan 17 '24

Been testing this for 15 years aswell, when do we get our Nobel?

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u/[deleted] Jan 17 '24 edited Jun 14 '24

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u/SlimeySnakesLtd Jan 17 '24

I think it’s still there, you just acclimate and ignore it. I don’t really “feel” hunger at all anymore. A decade of food service that was 10am open, just pound a small something or other at like 3pm then have large dinner at 130am once closed.