Professor Yeo says if the neuronal sensors and brain pathways involved in appetite regulation are better understood, it may ...

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 ...

Researchers at Brown University and Cincinnati Children’s found that suppressing opsin 3 in the brain of mice makes them eat ...

Scientists discovered years ago that the hypothalamus -- which helps to ... the mechanism also performs in similar ways in the human brain. "While we identified the mechanism and function of ...

Scientists discovered years ago that the hypothalamus—which helps to manage body temperature, hunger, sex drive, sleep and ...