This review highlights the key areas of research in the hypothalamic control of appetite. The hypothalamus consists of several nuclei that integrate peripheral signals, such as adiposity and ...

Hypothalamic inflammation ... Glucose tolerance was assessed by intraperitoneal (i.p.) glucose tolerance test after 7 weeks of treatment. Mice were fasted for 6 h, and the tests were carried ...

Compared to sugar, consuming sucralose—a widely used sugar substitute—increases activity in the hypothalamus, a brain region that regulates appetite and body weight, according to new USC research.

Body temperature is controlled by the hypothalamus in the brain. If the hypothalamus detects that the body is too hot, the response is that the body begins to sweat to try and reduce the ...

Sucralose also changes how the hypothalamus communicates with other ... Page and her colleagues designed a randomized experiment to test how sucralose changes brain activity, hormone levels ...