Sentences with phrase «brain hormone»

Previous studies by other labs have demonstrated that diabetes may affect brain hormones involved in appetite regulation.

These neurons also control the release of certain brain hormones called gonadotropins.

«When you're lonely, brain hormones associated with stress such as cortisol become active, which can cause depression,» Rabin explains.

High amounts of cholesterol may clog cell membranes at the microscopic level, affecting flows of brain hormones involved in mood and behavior.

At the American Pain Society annual meeting, attendees will address new treatment options and explore the consequences of pain, such as the possibility of developing mood and sleep disorders or abnormal levels of certain brain hormones, such as dopamine and serotonin.

Finch's ideas about senescence from his grad school days have also held up: The popularity of the Hayflick model has declined as other research questioned its relevance to aging in whole organisms, and recent studies in long - lived nematodes have confirmed Finch's hunch that brain hormones control aging (see Johnson Review).

Neuroscientists at NYU Langone Medical Center have discovered how the powerful brain hormone oxytocin acts on individual brain cells to prompt specific social behaviors — findings that could lead to a better understanding of how oxytocin and other hormones could be used to treat behavioral problems resulting from disease or trauma to the brain.

For this work, Yalow shared the 1977 Nobel Prize in physiology or medicine with Andrew Schally and Roger Guillemin, who used the radioimmunoassay to make breakthroughs in understanding brain hormones.

«Lorcaserin targets important brain hormones called pro-opiomelanocortin (POMC) peptides, which are responsible for regulating appetite.

This information emphasizes how to achieve a drug - free recovery using nutritional therapies to rapidly regenerate the «feel good» natural, brain hormone neurotransmitters, such as serotonin, GABA, endorphins and dopamine.

Naturopathic physicians start with a non-drug approach to ADHD including tests of brain hormone function, blood sugar and metabolism, individualized nutritional programs, vitamins and minerals that affect behavior.

Exercise releases endorphins and helps to regulate the production of critical brain hormones.

«When you're lonely, brain hormones associated with stress such as cortisol become active, which can cause depression,» Bruce Rabin, MD, director of the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center Healthy Lifestyle Program, told Health in a prior interview.

Serotonin, the brain hormone associated with mood elevation, rises with exposure to bright light and falls with decreased sun exposure.

Researchers who had bred a group of mice in hopes of learning more about a brain hormone that stimulates appetite got a bit of a surprise when they saw that the rodents would suddenly collapse and...

Researchers at the University of California, San Diego (UCSD) School of Medicine are studying whether the brain hormone re... More...

Chocolate increases the production of the brain hormone called serotonin, which is responsible for regulating mood.

Serotonin, the brain hormone associated with mood elevation, rises with exposure to bright light and falls with decreased sun exposure.

It also increases levels of a brain hormone called brain - derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF)(32, 34, 35), a deficiency of which has been implicated in depression and various other brain problems (36).

Estrogen dominance also interferes with melatonin production, which is the brain hormone that makes you sleepy when it's dark.

Maintaining a healthy hormonal balance (i.e. thyroid, sex hormones, adrenal hormones, neurotransmitters / brain hormones, etc..)

The brain hormone, oxytocin, is released when all mammals give birth.