Chronic stress raises blood pressure. New research from Juntendo University, Japan, reveals that voluntary exercise prevents hypertension (high blood pressure) by restoring STAT3 levels in the ...

Scientists discovered years ago that the hypothalamus—which helps to manage body temperature, hunger, sex drive, sleep and more—includes neurons that express the protein opsin 3 (OPN3). Far less clear ...

Hypothalamic POMC neurons are principal ... newly described stimulation of sugar intake by inhibiting neurons in the paraventricular nucleus of the thalamus (PVT) through MOR signaling.

About Melanocortin 4 Receptor Agonists Effect on Obesity Genetic analysis has identified the melanocortin 4 receptor (MC4R) of the paraventricular nucleus of the hypothalamus as playing a central ...

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Our previous findings that arachidonic acid-12/15-lipoxygenase (LOX)-generated metabolite 12(S)-HETE contributes to angiotensin II (AngII)-induced hypertension and 17β-estradiol protects from ...

Creative Commons (CC): This is a Creative Commons license. Attribution (BY): Credit must be given to the creator. The mechanisms underlying the onset and progression of chronic pain in COVID-19 ...