The hypothalamus is a central region of the brain that controls vital functions such as sleep, body temperature, hunger and thirst. Because the human brain is difficult to study, much knowledge about ...

Using a technique called 'ex vivo magnetic resonance imaging' (MRI), a slower form of MRI scanning ... including the ...

The hypothalamus in the brain contains the temperature monitoring centre for the body. The hypothalamus receives nerve impulses from structures in the skin called thermoreceptors, which give ...