Category Archives: Hypothalamus

Dinner is late and you are starving. You could reach out for a snack to tide you over, or for the more steadfast ones, endure the hunger pangs till the food is ready because as we all know, good things come to those who wait. When dinner is eventually served, it appears to be the best meal you have ever had Continue reading →

University of Aberdeen School of Biological Sciences Research Fellow REF: SBS071R We seek highly motivated individuals with a strong interest in the control of body weight and the relationship with dietary intake. This research position is funded by the Bilateral BBSRC/ Science Foundation Ireland (SFI). Continue reading →

When the Below Deck crew from Valor went out on the town, bosun Ashton Pienaar observed that it seems easy to get into a lot of trouble in Thailand. Thailand is a lot of fun, he says in a confessional. But you can get into a lot of trouble. Continue reading →

Somatostatin analogues stop your body from making too many hormones. They can reduce the symptoms of carcinoid syndrome and may slow down tumour growth. Continue reading →

Researchers at the National Institute for Physiological Sciences in Okazaki identify the neural pathways that cause hunger-induced increases in the preference for sweet foods and the decreased sensitivity to aversive tastes in mice. Why does everything taste better when were hungry? According to new findings from the National Institute for Physiological Sciences in Japan, not only does food taste sweeter when our stomachs are rumbling, but bitter food also becomes less difficult to eatand both effects are moderated by a neural circuit in the hypothalamus Continue reading →

Male and female mouse brains could have significant differences that reach right down to the cellular level, according to a new discovery. Continue reading →

A group of scientists at the California Institute of Technology and the Allen Institute for Brain Science in Seattle has discovered the distinction between a mouse and a mice's brain. Apparently, the research shows that both animal's minds differ on a cellular level. The team analyzed a region in the hypothalamus called the ventrolateral subdivision of the ventromedial hypothalamus (VMHvl) in both female and male mice Continue reading →

Its just sex for goodness sake! We were all given the body parts to perform and pleasure, and we are all physiologically programmed by our brains to not only want to do it but also to need to do it to ensure procreation. Sex may be one of the physical functions, whether alone or with a fellow human, that is performed most frequently in a lifetime it is certainly one of the things we think most about. Psychologists have determined that women think about sex about 19 times per day or once every 50 minutes, while men think of sex every 28 minutes or about 27 times per day. Continue reading →

Long gone are the days of summer and most of us have already returned to our greyish daily routines at either work or school. That means we spend more time in traffic, sit for long hours behind a desk and try to meet deadlines just too often Continue reading →

Its a damp, midweek afternoon. Even so, Cardiffs walk-in stress management course has pulled in more than 50 people. There are teenagers, white-haired older people with walking aids, people from Caucasian, Asian and Middle Eastern backgrounds Continue reading →