# A flip switch for binge-eating?

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**Created:** [October 31, 2018, 3:33am UTC](https://archive.menshealtharchive.com/t/a-flip-switch-for-binge-eating/728 "2018-10-31T03:33:52Z")\
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> **[A flip switch for binge-eating?](https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2017/05/170525141553.htm)**
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> Researchers have identified a subgroup of neurons in the mouse brain that, upon activation, immediately prompt binge-like eating.

  
Researchers have identified a subgroup of neurons in the mouse brain that, upon activation, immediately prompt binge-like eating.