Sentences with phrase «hypothalamus known»

Further investigation revealed that the researchers failed to report that the MSG was frequently vomited before it could be absorbed, that the monkeys were under anesthesia with a powerful glutamate receptor antagonist (phencyclidine), and that the areas of the brain shown in micrographs were areas of the hypothalamus known to be unaffected by glutamate.

«The effect of sleep deprivation on pain sensitivity in operated and intact rats was virtually eliminated by pharmacologically blocking the action of adenosine in a brain region in the anterior hypothalamus known to regulate sleep, which is connected to major pain - related areas,» Vanini says.

Comparing the gray matter in the cadavers of gay and straight men, he found that an area in the anterior hypothalamus known as INAH - 3 was smaller in gay men, about the size it is in women.

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Those are converted into electrical impulses that pass to the part of the brain known as the hypothalamus, which governs our endocrine system and hormones, and much of our activity.»

As we know from theb AIDS autopsies, there is a malfunction of the hypothalamus gland in gay men and is therefore a form of menatal retardation.

Hypocretin — which binds to hypocretin receptor 2 — is manufactured in large quantities in some parts of the hypothalamus, an area known to be important in regulating sleep.

The nerve cells involved in this integration process and control of hormonal signals reside in an area of the insect brain known as the mid-Ventral Ganglion (mVG), which in turn communicates with a region of the central brain that is akin to the mammalian hypothalamus.

Within the hypothalamus, scientists have identified two key groups of neurons that regulate appetite, known as AgRP neurons and POMC neurons.

Out of this search came a pair of similar peptides that are made exclusively in the lateral hypothalamus, a part of the brain already known to help control appetite.

Now that the location and identity of the wake - promoting neurons are precisely defined, the supramammillary region joins other parts of the brain known as being involved in keeping people awake, such as the nearby lateral hypothalamus, the upper brain stem and basal forebrain.

For decades, neurologists had known that damage to the hypothalamus — including that seen in the mysterious post-World War I epidemic encephalitis lethargica — resulted in marked sleepiness.

Although much attention has been focused on the metabolic and behavioral outcomes of PWS, scientists still knew relatively little about the consequences of PWS on development of appetite - related brain pathways in the hypothalamus.

It's also known that the hippocampus sends signals to other areas of the brain — the amygdala and the hypothalamus — that have also been shown to control anxiety - related behavior.

The researchers traced the output of those cells to the hypothalamus, which is known to control behaviors associated with anxiety (in people, those include increased heart rate, avoidance, and secretion of stress hormones).

When the scientists took normal mice and temporarily reduced cholesterol creation in the hypothalamus with a technique known as RNA interference, the animals started eating more and gained significant weight.

The STAT3, in turn, goes into the nucleus and it binds to a number of genes, and this is particularly happening in the hypothalamus and that we don't know all of the mechanisms, but this activation of the STAT3 transcription factor is key in exerting the leptin signal, and leptin action.

In the brain, the hypothalamus has been linked to behaviors that are known to be socially contagious, such as yawning, laughing and scratching.

Because the hypothalamus is a major control center of the endocrine system, appetite and energy balance, Kahn and his team wanted to know how diabetes affects hypothalamic gene expression.

The four - stroke breath balances the pituitary gland, known in yogic science as the master gland because the entire endocrine system (from the hypothalamus to the thyroid to the ovaries and testicles) all change based on the pituitary secretion.

Ghrelin, more popularly known as the «hunger hormone» signals to the hypothalamus that you're ready to eat.

As you might know, leptin is a hormone that signals the hypothalamus in your brain that fat stores are sufficient and you don't need extra stored fat.

For those of you who don't know, FHA is a condition characterized by the absence of a menstrual period for three or more months in a woman of reproductive age, due to the breakdown in communication between the hypothalamus, pituitary and ovaries, also known as the hypothalamic - pituitary - ovarian axis.

And the next step is full IVF which is they're basically giving you drugs like Lupron to shut down your HP AG access, you know, your hypothalamus pituitary axis, And they're gonna give drugs to stimulate FSH.

However, even TSH is under the control of another hormone known as TRH (thyrotropin - releasing hormone) that is released from the hypothalamus.

Specifically, the area of the brain known as the hypothalamus has receptors for Vitamin D, and hypothalamic function controls weight and glucose (blood sugar) levels in the body.

The adrenals love Vitamin C, B complex, especially B5 (known as pantothenic acid) and, in highly stressed cases, specific homoeopathics that help nourish and support the hypothalamus / pituitary / adrenal axis (known as the HPA axis), along with other glands such as liver, kidney and para thyroids.

As the initial surge of epinephrine subsides, the hypothalamus activates the second component of the stress response system — known as the HPA axis.

* Phosphatidyl serine is best used if you know your cortisol is high as it helps coordinate the release of cortisol from your adrenal glands by working in your hypothalamus (brain).

«Our physiological stress response known as fight or flight is triggered by the hypothalamus and gets the body ready for action,» says Elaine.

Studies point to the important interface of the central nervous system and hormones, known as the hypothalamus - pituitary - adrenal axis (HPA - axis).

The adrenal glands are the main organs that regulate this, and they work in concert with the hypothalamus and the pituitary in a system known as the HPA axis.

But know that it takes longer the more slowly and cautiously you move forward with your hypothalamus.

Balancing the stress response, otherwise known as the Hypothalamus - Pituitary - Adrenal (or HPA) axis, is an important component of treating physiologic fatigue.

In particular, maca stimulates the pituitary and hypothalamus glands, also known as the «master glands» in charge of a whole range of important functions.