Mayim Bialik?

Question

Do you know what her neuroscience thesis paper topic was? It was mentioned on 20/20 and it has somthing to do with a neurological defect causing a person to conduct a violent, destructive rampage for food in their homes.

Answer 1

It is called Prader-Willie Syndrome (I think that's spelled right?) and the hunger area of the brain never shuts off, they are always hungry and usually end up obese. It is a very interesting syndrome, has lots of other problems too.