The hypothalamus (pronounced hai-puh-tha-luh-muhs) is a gland in your brain that controls your hormone (endocrine) system. It's sort of like your body's thermostat; it receives signals from other ...

The hypothalamus receives signals from other areas of the brain and responds by secreting both releasing and inhibiting hormones. These hormones signal the pituitary gland to direct the functions ...

Although shaped and sized like an almond, there are nuclei within the hypothalamus that are involved in many different functions. The cells in the two major nuclei secrete vasopressin (ADH ...

This article, the second in an eight-part series, looks at the hypothalamus and pituitary gland The endocrine system consists of glands and tissues that produce and secrete hormones to regulate and ...

The posterior pituitary gland, which extends from axonal projections originating from the hypothalamus, secretes both oxytocin and anti-diuretic hormone (ADH) or vasopressin 2. The hypothalamic ...

The hypothalamus secretes a molecule called growth hormone-releasing hormone (GHRH), which controls hGH by releasing it from the pituitary gland into the bloodstream. Sermorelin is a synthetic ...

Teams at UCLA and Stanford studied preserved brains from narcoleptics and independently found that all were missing cells from the hypothalamus that secrete a hormone called hypocretin.

This tiny gland secretes hormones that control a woman’s ovaries, adrenal and thyroid glands. The actions of the pituitary gland are monitored by the area of the brain called the hypothalamus.

It has been proposed that the hypothalamus helps to control ageing ... treatment with healthy hypothalamic stem/progenitor cell-secreted exosomes led to the slowing of ageing.