These specific neurons, in a part of the brain called the dorsomedial hypothalamus, produce an important protein—Ppp1r17. When this protein is present in the nucleus, the neurons are active and ...

These project from the arcuate nucleus to other key hypothalamic nuclei, such as the paraventricular, dorsomedial, ventromedial and lateral hypothalamic nuclei. There are also projections to and ...

Scientists have discovered a vital communication pathway between the brain and fat tissue that could hold the key to slowing down the ageing process. Published in the journal Cell Metabolism, this ...

PrRP mRNA is expressed exclusively in three brain areas, the caudal region of the hypothalamic dorsomedial nucleus (DMH), the medial region of the nucleus of the tractus solitarius (NTS ...

Verwey, M., Khoja, Z., Stewart, J., & Amir, S. (2007)Differential regulation of the expression of Period2 protein in the limbic forebrain and dorsomedial hypothalamus by daily limited access to highly ...

This process is controlled by the thermoregulatory centre, which is contained in the hypothalamus in the brain, and it contains receptors sensitive to the temperature of the blood. The skin also ...

The hypothalamus also contains its own thermoreceptors, which are sensitive to the temperature of the blood. The hypothalamus responds to the information it gets from thermoreceptors by sending ...

Impairments in neural function in the master circadian pacemaker in the hypothalamic suprachiasmatic nucleus underlie age- and AD-related alterations in circadian rhythms. Deficits in expression of ...

1 Circadian Rhythms Group, Max Planck Institute for Biophysical Chemistry, Am Fassberg 11, 37077 Göttingen, Germany 2 Genes & Behavior Department, Max Planck Institute for Biophysical Chemistry ...

Girls exposed to certain endocrine-disrupting chemicals (EDCs) may be more likely to start puberty early, according to new research published in Endocrinology, the flagship basic science journal ...

However, the cellular mechanisms by which MC4R regulates reproduction are unknown. Kiss1 neurons directly stimulate gonadotropin-releasing hormone (GnRH) release through two distinct populations; the ...