The cerebrum, especially the cerebral cortex, has long been thought to be the important part of our brain. However, the cerbrum contains less than 20 percent of the neurons in our brain. Eighty ...

Research that is taking a closer look at activity in the thalamus—a region long considered a relay station for the brain and ...

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.

To investigate the participation of GABAergic mechanisms in the hypothalamic nuclei associated with conditioned fear described above, the GABAA receptor agonist muscimol and the GABA-synthesizing ...

The hypothalamus is a central region of the brain that controls vital functions such as sleep, body temperature, hunger and thirst. Because the human brain is difficult to study, much knowledge about ...

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 ...

Translation to diurnal human beings, where the later maturation of the cortex allows for complex cognitive processing (Braak & Del Tredici, 2015), remains scarce. In particular, whether hypothalamus ...

With so many debates about persistent hypothalamic function and the uncertainty of whether or not such patients are dead, it seems that the standard of prudential certitude is not currently being met.

Recent research suggests that higher levels of light exposure can improve alertness and cognitive performance by influencing the hypothalamus in the brain. This finding supports the potential for ...