A new study published in Nature Neuroscience has identified a brain circuit in mice that overrides basic needs like hunger or ...

In animals with social structures, the drive to reproduce is a complex process; governed by the brain, it's influenced by ...

Oxytocin is a hormone linked to bonding of all kinds—maternal, familial, romantic, social. In mice, the team found, the ...

Rockefeller scientists identified a hormonally primed brain circuit in mice that governs sexual receptivity in females and ...

Research carried out on mice has revealed how a hormone released by the intestine acts on the brain and helps regulate the body's energy expenditure. FGF19 (fibroblast growth factor 19) activates ...

Research reveals how hormone accelerates fat burning and promotes weight loss in obese mice An experiment conducted at the State University of Campinas showed that FGF19, produced in the intestine ...

To test this hypothesis, Dr. Jineun Kim (KAIST Ph.D. graduate, now at Caltech) demonstrated during her doctoral research that ...

Maintaining a stable body temperature is essential for survival. Animals, including humans, use both autonomic processes -- such as shivering or activating brown fat -- and behaviors -- such as ...

A common microbe, found in yogurt, could improve mothers' moods after birth, research suggests—potentially helping ward off ...

Whether women want it or not, they have little choice but to go through the menopause . Or do they? What if the menopause was ...