hypothalamic
- a word derived from hypothalamus.
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The disorder causes constant, relentless hunger through hypothalamic dysfunction, where the brain fails to register fullness, often leading to life-threatening obesity.
From Barron's • Apr. 6, 2026
In total, the team evaluated transcription from more than 50,000 single cells to identify hypothalamic cell populations that express FGF19 receptors.
From Science Daily • Dec. 6, 2025
“Gut microbes communicate with the brain via the gut-brain axis, including tryptophan-kynurenine, immune, hypothalamic pituitary adrenal axis, and vagus nerve pathways.”
From Salon • Dec. 7, 2023
The hypothalamic circuit could also possibly tie into what is already known about how the brain promotes food cravings, which DiFeliceantonio says has largely to do with the release of the hormone dopamine.
From Scientific American • Sep. 21, 2023
When Dulac and her colleagues specifically stimulated these hypothalamic neurons without making the mice sick, the mice still spiked a fever, sought out warmer temperatures and lost their appetite.
From Washington Post • Oct. 13, 2022
