The prevalence of obesity is steadily rising and has huge health and financial implications for society. Weight gain is due to an imbalance between dietary intake and energy expenditure and research ...

Researchers from the Vanderbilt University School of Medicine Basic Sciences have uncovered the first example of activity-dependent development of hypothalamic neural circuitry. Although previous ...

A brand new candidate for weight-loss treatment is on the table, with scientists uncovering for the first time how a hormone produced by the hypothalamus during sleep has a direct impact on appetite ...

Since adipocytes express specific receptors for pituitary hormones and hypothalamic releasing factors (Table 1), adipose tissue has to be regarded as a fast-acting endocrine gland under the control of ...

An experiment at the State University of Campinas found that FGF19, a substance produced in the intestine, acts on specific ...

Your body maintains a biological “set point” for weight, beyond calories, through powerful hormonal and neural feedback loops ...

Scientists have successfully generated hypothalamic-like neurons from human induced pluripotent stem cells (hiPSCs) taken from the blood and skin cells of super-obese individuals and people with a ...

A HYPOTHALAMIC luteinizing hormone releasing factor, which is active in rats and rabbits, has been purified and separated from other hypothalamic factors which control the function of the ...

Did you know the brain plays a crucial role in impacting male fertility? The hypothalamus and pituitary gland, two small but crucial parts of the brain, control key hormones that regulate sperm ...

Almost 25 years since scientists first identified the difference in anesthetic sensitivity between males and females, new research suggests that sex hormones make men more responsive to this state of ...