Since adipocytes express specific receptors for pituitary hormones and hypothalamic releasing factors (Table 1), adipose tissue has to be regarded as a fast-acting endocrine gland under the control of ...

A HYPOTHALAMIC luteinizing hormone releasing factor, which is active in rats and rabbits, has been purified and separated from other hypothalamic factors which control the function of the ...

To investigate the long-term benefit of hormone-lowering treatment, researchers at Karolinska Institutet have done a 20-year follow-up of premenopausal women with breast cancer. The study, published ...

A person exposed to stress can usually rapidly adapt the own behavior to the specific situation. Biochemical messenger substances in the brain or so-called neurotransmitters play a central role in ...

Researchers from the Vanderbilt University School of Medicine Basic Sciences have uncovered the first example of activity-dependent development of hypothalamic neural circuitry. The research, led by ...

Adjacent paraffin sections of rat hypothalami fixed in Bouin's fluid were treated either with buffer or with luteinizing hormone-releasing hormone (LHRH) before immunocytochemical staining with ...

Regulation of thyroid hormone (TH) levels is a complex multilevel phenomenon. The paraventricular nucleus (PVN) of the hypothalamus (the region of the brain that controls the involuntary nervous ...

Discover how eating too few carbs can influence hormones that affect energy, appetite, metabolism, mood, and menstrual cycles ...

In a previous post, I discussed the connection between the mind and the skin. In that article, I called for patients and clinicians to become more aware of the relationship between cutaneous and ...

Table 1. Main Results of the Largest Randomized Controlled Trials Investigating the Role of GnRHa During Chemotherapy in Preservation of Ovarian Function and Fertility in Women With Cancer Demeestere ...

Birth control pills have been found to reduce a part of the brain that is associated with controlling the sex drive finds a new study. The study results are being presented as a preview in the annual ...