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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

To further study the effects of the rs7132908 variant, the researchers used stem cells that evolve into hypothalamic neurons, a key cell type associated with eating behavior, to study the variant's alleles.

From Science Daily • May 1, 2024

“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

He proposes that hypothalamic circuits involved in energy metabolism could also be intertwined with those coordinating motivation—including the ones involved in food-seeking behavior.

From Scientific American • Sep. 21, 2023

Non-neuronal cells may amplify these signals, which in turn activate the hypothalamic neurons that trigger the loss of appetite, fever and warmth-seeking.

From Washington Post • Oct. 13, 2022