To survive in complex and unpredictable environments, humans and other animals need to learn to predict the consequences of ...

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Their findings, published in Cell, describe a subset of neurons in the hypothalamus that fire when a mouse fights or watches other mice fight, indicating the existence of mirror neurons, cells that ...

The researchers investigated the hypothalamus in mice, as this part of the brain is very similar in mice and humans. "We used AI to analyze the electrical activity in a certain region within the ...

The researchers demonstrate that an appetite-promoting inflammatory cascade driven by these immune cells occurs within the mediobasal region of the hypothalamus, a structure that, according to a news ...

A brand new candidate for weight-loss treatment is on the table, with scientists uncovering for the first time how a hormone ...

This important study assessed the effects of food intake on sharp wave-ripples in the hippocampus of mice during subsequent sleep. Solid evidence supports the conclusion that sharp wave-ripples are ...

A paracrine hormone of skeletal muscle acts as an endocrine signal for the synthesis of a sex hormone. Scientists at McGill ...

In mouse models, Zhu and colleagues found that pantothenate was responsible for the secretion of GLP-1 and subsequent secretion of FGF21, a liver hormone that acts directly on the hypothalamus ...