By Vijay Kumar Malesu Reviewed by Susha Cheriyedath, M.Sc. Sep 11 2025 Scientists uncovered how the brain’s bed nucleus of the stria terminalis acts as a master switchboard, merging reward and need signals to control eating, a discovery that could guide new treatments for obesity and illness-related weight loss. Study: A brain center that controls consummatory responses In a recent study published in the journal  Cell , a group of researchers tested whether the bed nucleus of the stria