Hypertension (high blood pressure) is a debilitating condition and a major cause of premature death worldwide. Chronic stress plays a ...

Chronic stress raises blood pressure. New research from Juntendo University, Japan, reveals that voluntary exercise prevents ...

See, researchers have discovered that the annoying cravings we often get for sweets—even when we’re full already—are a response of our body’s neurological systems. In fact, the same neurons in our ...

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

Scientists discovered years ago that the hypothalamus—which helps to manage body temperature, hunger, sex drive, sleep and more—includes neurons that express the protein opsin 3 (OPN3). Far less clear ...

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

Nerve cells called pro-opiomelanocortin (POMC) neurons were found to be responsible for post-feeding sugar consumption.

Oxytocin receptor (Oxtr) signaling influences complex social behaviors in diverse species, including social monogamy in prairie voles. How Oxtr regulates specific components of social attachment ...

Notably, when mice were engineered to lack OPN3 in this part of the hypothalamus, they ate significantly less and were less active than control mice. “We're very excited to have, for the first time, a ...

In mice, the neurons that dictate the feeling of being full are also the ones that cause sugar cravings, potentially explaining why people are still able to eat sweets after a filling meal ...

A high-resolution spatial map of the human hypothalamus makes it possible to identify specific cells, determine their exact location and analyze their neighboring cells. The cell atlas ...