While the search continues for the Fountain of Youth, researchers may have found the body's "fountain of aging": the brain region known as the hypothalamus. For the first time, scientists report that ...

Des scientifiques de Lausanne ont identifié une région cérébrale cruciale pour la récupération de la marche chez des souris souffrant de lésions de la moelle épinière. Cette découverte inattendue a ...

The hypothalamus is a small almond shaped organ in the lower part of the brain. However, this small organ has numerous connections that help it play an important role in connecting the nervous system ...

Hypothalamic obesity (HyOb) develops when damage to the hypothalamus — from brain tumors, traumatic brain injury, radiation therapy, or stroke — disrupts how your body regulates appetite and ...

The hypothalamus is a compact but heterogeneous brain region that orchestrates vital homeostatic and behavioural functions including stress responses, energy balance, thermoregulation and circadian ...

A new study has implicated several genes involved in a variety of bodily functions associated with the hypothalamus, a notoriously difficult-to-study region of the brain. The findings could help ...

The hypothalamus is a small but critical region at the base of the brain that controls the autonomic nervous system, regulates body temperature, signals hunger and thirst, exerts hormonal control over ...

Au niveau du cerveau, le centre de contrôle de l’appétit, et plus précisément la glande appelée hypothalamus, présenterait des différences chez les personnes en surpoids ou souffrant d’obésité.

Le troisième recueil de nouvelles de Camille Deslauriers, Les ovaires, l'hypothalamus et le cœur, donne faim. On y parle de poulet au curry, de cardamome verte et de yogourt aux fruits de la passion.