Previous studies demonstrated the posterior hypothalamic area to be critical for synchronizing the theta rhythm, 54 which could enhance cognitive performance. 55 Moreover, this region harbors the ...

Limbic system and sexual behavior. Male sexual behavior is predominantly controlled by the medial preoptic area of the hypothalamus. Gonadal hormones facilitate the release of dopamine in the ...

Mice are prey animals, and while they must be able to move around looking for food, it is just as important that they can get ...

BACKGROUND: Calcineurin activity in the hypothalamic paraventricular nucleus (PVN) constitutively suppresses sympathetic output by tonically inhibiting glutamate NMDARs (N-methyl-D-aspartate receptors ...

Astrocytes in paraventricular nucleus of hypothalamus (PVN) promote the occurrence of ventricular arrhythmia (VA) after acute myocardial infarction (AMI). However, the mechanism is unclear. The ...