The hypothalamus is a central region of the brain that controls vital functions such as sleep, body temperature, hunger and thirst. Because the human brain is difficult to study, much knowledge about ...

Within the arcuate nucleus (ARC) of the hypothalamus, leptin influences two key neuronal populations. One, the agouti-related protein (AGRP) and neuropeptide Y (NPY) neurons, stimulates hunger ...

Confocal image representing the immunolabelling of AgRP and Synaptophysin-TdTomato in the paraventricular nucleus of the hypothalamus anterior (PVH ant) of a mouse brain. Disclaimer: AAAS and ...

The hypothalamus is the main area in the brain ... there are orexigenic coexpressing neuropeptide Y/Agouti gene-related protein (NPY/AgRP) and anorexigenic pro-opiomelanocortin (POMC)/cocaine ...