Studies on the neurons of mice suggest our own human endurance may have more to do with the brain than our physique.

Scientists in the Blavatnik Institute at Harvard Medical School and MIT have created a new family of tools that, for the ...

Purpose: Body weight, blood glucose, and hypothalamic ghrelin receptors were monitored in an animal model of obesity after being treated with sleeve gastrectomy. Methods: Forty-two adult male Wistar ...

aSchool of Biomedical Sciences, Faculty of Health, Medicine and Behavioural Sciences, The University of Queensland, QLD, 4072, Australia bSchool of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, The ...

Your mental image of your brain probably looks something like what's pictured here. The cerebrum, shown here, is where all the really important stuff is supposed to happen in humans: consciousness, ...

Breakthrough MRI scans reveal hidden hypothalamic changes in young women, shedding light on the biological roots of anorexia and obesity, and paving the way for targeted treatments. Study: Unraveling ...

This important study assessed the effects of food intake on sharp wave-ripples in the hippocampus of mice during subsequent sleep. Convincing evidence supports the conclusion that sharp wave-ripples ...

The link between metabolism and reproduction is well-known. Both undernutrition and obesity affect the reproductive system. Metabolic status influences reproductive physiology by regulating ...

The following is a summary of “Treatment of Hypothalamic Obesity With GLP-1 Analogs,” published in the November 2024 issue of Endocrinology by Dimitri and Roth. Damage to hypothalamic nuclei or ...