hypothalamus Archives - Baylor College of Medicine Blog Network https://blogs.bcm.edu/tag/hypothalamus/ Thu, 24 Apr 2025 15:07:44 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.1 https://blogs.bcm.edu/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/2d904ab48738e474191a678dceb72b07.png hypothalamus Archives - Baylor College of Medicine Blog Network https://blogs.bcm.edu/tag/hypothalamus/ 32 32 122339384 Estrogen and the brain team up to help mothers adapt to the metabolic demands of nursing https://blogs.bcm.edu/2025/04/24/from-the-labs-estrogen-and-the-brain-team-up-to-help-mothers-adapt-to-the-metabolic-demands-of-nursing/ https://blogs.bcm.edu/2025/04/24/from-the-labs-estrogen-and-the-brain-team-up-to-help-mothers-adapt-to-the-metabolic-demands-of-nursing/#respond Thu, 24 Apr 2025 15:00:08 +0000 https://blogs.bcm.edu/?p=42074 The findings could help understand hyperprolactinemia – high levels of prolactin in the blood – obesity, menopause and other conditions where prolactin or estrogen levels shift.

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]]> https://blogs.bcm.edu/2021/06/22/from-the-labs-rap1-controls-the-bodys-sugar-levels-from-the-brain-regulating-it-may-help-manage-diabetes/feed/ 0 31038 The making of a ‘couch potato mouse’ https://blogs.bcm.edu/2019/12/30/from-the-labs-the-making-of-a-couch-potato-mouse/ https://blogs.bcm.edu/2019/12/30/from-the-labs-the-making-of-a-couch-potato-mouse/#respond Mon, 30 Dec 2019 16:00:57 +0000 https://blogs.bcm.edu/?p=25447 Some people love to exercise, but others hate it. Many researchers consider genetics to be the reason for a person’s inclination to exercise, or not

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]]> https://blogs.bcm.edu/2019/12/30/from-the-labs-the-making-of-a-couch-potato-mouse/feed/ 0 25447 Exploring the stress-mood-appetite connection https://blogs.bcm.edu/2019/10/03/from-the-labs-exploring-the-stress-mood-appetite-connection/ https://blogs.bcm.edu/2019/10/03/from-the-labs-exploring-the-stress-mood-appetite-connection/#respond Thu, 03 Oct 2019 15:31:33 +0000 https://blogs.bcm.edu/?p=24605 Does stress affect your appetite or your mood? Many people have experienced stressful situations that trigger a particular mood and also change certain feelings toward

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]]> https://blogs.bcm.edu/2019/10/03/from-the-labs-exploring-the-stress-mood-appetite-connection/feed/ 0 24605 A new gut-brain connection that keeps weight off (or on) the scale https://blogs.bcm.edu/2019/08/22/from-the-labs-gut-brain-connection-that-keeps-weight-off-or-on-the-scale/ https://blogs.bcm.edu/2019/08/22/from-the-labs-gut-brain-connection-that-keeps-weight-off-or-on-the-scale/#respond Thu, 22 Aug 2019 15:28:59 +0000 https://blogs.bcm.edu/?p=24160 Eating extra servings typically shows up on the scale later, but how this happens has not been clear. In his lab at Baylor College of

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]]> https://blogs.bcm.edu/2019/08/22/from-the-labs-gut-brain-connection-that-keeps-weight-off-or-on-the-scale/feed/ 0 24160 SRC-1 gene is an important regulator of body weight https://blogs.bcm.edu/2019/04/16/from-the-labs-src-1-gene-is-an-important-regulator-of-body-weight/ https://blogs.bcm.edu/2019/04/16/from-the-labs-src-1-gene-is-an-important-regulator-of-body-weight/#respond Tue, 16 Apr 2019 15:45:01 +0000 https://blogs.bcm.edu/?p=22668 Maintaining a healthy body weight is no simple matter. In his lab at Baylor College of Medicine, Dr. Yong Xu and his colleagues investigate the

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]]> https://blogs.bcm.edu/2019/04/16/from-the-labs-src-1-gene-is-an-important-regulator-of-body-weight/feed/ 0 22668 This brain circuit allows the feeding and memory centers to talk to each other https://blogs.bcm.edu/2019/02/19/from-the-labs-this-brain-circuit-allows-the-feeding-and-memory-centers-to-talk-to-each-other/ https://blogs.bcm.edu/2019/02/19/from-the-labs-this-brain-circuit-allows-the-feeding-and-memory-centers-to-talk-to-each-other/#respond Tue, 19 Feb 2019 16:00:32 +0000 https://blogs.bcm.edu/?p=21917 It was not what the researchers were expecting to find when they set out to investigate how the protein complex NCOR1/2 regulates memory. “We knew

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]]> https://blogs.bcm.edu/2019/02/19/from-the-labs-this-brain-circuit-allows-the-feeding-and-memory-centers-to-talk-to-each-other/feed/ 0 21917 He said/she said about body weight control https://blogs.bcm.edu/2018/09/27/understanding-gender-differences-in-body-weight-control/ https://blogs.bcm.edu/2018/09/27/understanding-gender-differences-in-body-weight-control/#respond Thu, 27 Sep 2018 15:00:17 +0000 https://blogs.bcm.edu/?p=20355 When male and female mice eat the same high-fat diet, the males gain significantly more weight than the females. The reasons for this difference between

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]]> https://blogs.bcm.edu/2018/09/27/understanding-gender-differences-in-body-weight-control/feed/ 0 20355 The multi-tasking nature of the hormone asprosin https://blogs.bcm.edu/2018/01/19/the-multi-tasking-nature-of-the-hormone-asprosin/ https://blogs.bcm.edu/2018/01/19/the-multi-tasking-nature-of-the-hormone-asprosin/#comments Fri, 19 Jan 2018 16:00:54 +0000 http://fromthelabs.bcm.edu/?p=3840 When Dr. Atul Chopra, a medical geneticist at Baylor College of Medicine, and his colleagues discovered in 2016 a new hormone called asprosin that regulates

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]]> https://blogs.bcm.edu/2018/01/19/the-multi-tasking-nature-of-the-hormone-asprosin/feed/ 1 17306 More than an anticoagulant; heparin also promotes appetite in mice https://blogs.bcm.edu/2017/11/09/more-than-an-anticoagulant-heparin-also-promotes-appetite-in-mice/ https://blogs.bcm.edu/2017/11/09/more-than-an-anticoagulant-heparin-also-promotes-appetite-in-mice/#respond Thu, 09 Nov 2017 22:08:25 +0000 http://fromthelabs.bcm.edu/?p=3540 Naturally-produced heparin is well-known for its role as an anticoagulant. Heparin is also widely used as a medication to prevent blood clotting. “In addition to

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