Light Talks Directly to the Hypothalamus, Rewriting the Rules of the Body Clock
New research in mice shows that light reaches hypothalamic circuits through parallel retinal and circadian signalling channels, challenging the idea ...
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Years After Brain Tumor Treatment, a Young Woman’s Body Lost Its Ability to Stay Warm
A case report describes recurrent severe hypothermia emerging eight years after successful chemoradiotherapy for a suprasellar germinoma, highlighting delayed hypothalamic ...
Hidden hypothalamic hub discovered as the brain’s cold-driven metabolic control center
USF Health researchers have identified the dorsal posterior periventricular hypothalamic nucleus as a cold-sensing brain region that coordinates appetite, heat ...
Cellular Recycling in the Brain’s Appetite Center May Shape Obesity Risk
A new review argues that autophagy in hypothalamic POMC and AgRP neurons exerts opposing effects on appetite and energy balance, ...
A Body That Forgot How to Stay Warm: Rare Syndrome Explained
A case report in Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology describes a man with recurrent severe hypothermia and autonomic dysfunction ...
Sleep Loss Rewires How Tramadol Acts on the Adolescent Brain
A new rat study finds that sleep deprivation reshapes the neurobiological effects of tramadol in the adolescent brain, altering lipid ...
Leptin Resistance Research Peaks and Plateaus, Three-Decade Global Map Reveals
A new bibliometric analysis of 2162 publications from 1995 to 2025 maps how research on leptin resistance and obesity-related metabolic ...
Histamine Signals Through H1 Receptors to Steer Microglia in Tic-Like Behavior Study
A new mouse study links reduced histamine signaling through H1 receptors to microglial activation and tic-like behaviors, with antihistamine exposure ...
Obesity’s Toll on the Brain: How Midlife Weight Drives Cognitive Decline and Dementia Risk
A comprehensive review in Nature Reviews Neurology details how obesity damages the hypothalamus, hippocampus and cerebrovasculature to drive cognitive decline, ...
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Mothers who receive childcare support from maternal grandparents show more parental warmth, finds NTU Singapore study
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University of Seville Breaks 120-Year-Old Mystery, Revises a Key Einstein Concept
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Bee body mass, pathogens and local climate influence heat tolerance
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Researchers record first-ever images and data of a shark experiencing a boat strike
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Groundbreaking Clinical Trial Reveals Lubiprostone Enhances Kidney Function
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