A high-resolution spatial map of the human hypothalamus makes it possible to identify specific cells, determine their exact ...

A comprehensive atlas of the human hypothalamus, a brain region that regulates many ... populations — organized by gene expression and location. Comparing these findings with mouse data ...

The hypothalamus in the brain contains the temperature monitoring centre for the body. The hypothalamus receives nerve impulses from structures in the skin called thermoreceptors, which give ...

Located at the base of the mouse brain, the hypothalamus produces hormones that can control the body's basic needs, including temperature, heart rate, sleep, thirst, and hunger. The results showed ...

A study has found that brain chemicals such as dopamine and serotonin work together in controlling hunger and food intake, a finding which can possibly help in developing improved anti-obesity drugs.

Now, new research reveals how the human brain switches between these two modes of survival. The answer lies in the hypothalamus, a tiny structure nestled deep in the middle of the organ.

That's because how much you weigh is controlled by complex interactions between hormones and neurons in your hypothalamus. Your hypothalamus is the part of your brain that controls thirst, hunger, and ...

Aging is a complex multiorgan process. Imai first became interested in the brain’s contributions more than a decade ago, when he identified a population of sirtuin-expressing neurons in the ...