Category Archives: Hypothalamus

Adriana Ayales is the founder of Anima Mundi Apothecary. Take this deep dive with Adriana on stress, its effects on our health, and the adaptogenic supports and rejuvenative tonics that can help us find balance again In order to thrive (and not simply survive!), we must become more mindful about our stress levels. Stress hormones play a crucial role in our cardiovascular, nervous and immune systems, but repeated activation of the flight-flight-freeze response can take a serious toll on the body and will disrupt almost all bodily processes.Over-adaptation to stress the constant disruption of key neurohormones is the trigger for countless health issues. Continue reading →

LeDoux, J. The emotional brain, fear, and the amygdala. Continue reading →

Recently the number of married women seeking medical assistance to be able to conceive is becoming alarming. Thank God, there is the availability of various medical techniques available to help them achieve this. Continue reading →

HBM Alpha Therapeutics, a Cambridge, MA-based biotechnology company incubated byHarbour BioMed (HKEX: 02142), raised a Seed funding round of undisclosed amount. Continue reading →

Birds are the most frequent visitors to our gardens particularly in winter and what is more delightful than the company of a robin while clearing and digging? Gardeners are used to the effects of season on plants, which use day length and temperature-sensing abilities to time leaf burst, flowering and leaf fall to the expected season. Continue reading →

Plain Language Summary The cause of fibromyalgia (FM) and chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS) is not yet elucidated. Disturbances in the interactions between the hypothalamus, pituitary gland, and adrenal glands (the hypothalamo-pituitary-adrenal (HPA) axis) in FM and CFS may result in abnormal hormone production. However, a novel hypothesis proposes that moderate increases in cerebral and spinal fluid pressure may underlie both FM and CFS Continue reading →

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Abstract: The hypothalamus is a central structure of the mammalian brain, which controls physiological, endocrine and metabolic brain homeostasis. Despite this essential role, little is known about the normal and altered neurochemical changes occurring within the hypothalamic structures Continue reading →

Its like a parental reflex. Continue reading →

Maybe not so much for cats, but many dog owners insist that they can read how their dog is feeling and in turn, their dog can sense how their owners feel. One of my favourite scientists is Frans De Waal, a primatologist and astute observer and chronicler of chimpanzee behaviour, but not in the wild as with Jane Goodalls observations. De Wall works in the more accessible world of zoos designed to give the animals space and privacy while offering scientists like himself opportunities to observe the complex behaviours of chimps living in groups over long periods. Continue reading →