Scientists discovered years ago that the hypothalamus — which helps to manage body temperature, hunger, sex drive, sleep and ...

A 3D-map of the metabolic centre supports research into anti-obesity drugsA high-resolution spatial map of the human ...

Problems with sleep likely develop before motor symptoms in people with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, a new study shows.

In a step towards suspended animation of people, slices of mouse brains have shown near-normal activity after being stored at ...

Are you ready for suspended animation of human beings? Because scientists experimenting on mice have successfully been able ...

Professor Yeo says if the neuronal sensors and brain pathways involved in appetite regulation are better understood, it may ...

Every day, our brain makes thousands of decisions, big and small. Any of these decisions - from the least consequential such as picking a restaurant to the more important such as pursuing a different ...

You lean back from the dinner table, feeling like you physically couldn’t fit another bite in – but then someone offers pie ...

Researchers say the findings highlight the importance of early intervention for obesity to protect brain health, particularly in females.

Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), also known as Charcot’s disease, or Lou Gehrig’s disease, is a severe neurodegenerative ...