Background A 28-year-old woman presented with new-onset vertigo and diplopia that had started 2 weeks previously. An MRI scan of the brain revealed an 11 × 9 ×9 mm sellar mass that extended into the ...

DAMAGE to the posterior lobe of the pituitary gland or in the region of the tuber cinereum of the hypothalamus causes diabetes insipidus, characterized by excessive drinking (polydipsia) and excessive ...

Menopause can usher in a host of disruptive symptoms like hot flashes, night sweats and sleep problems. Hormone therapy promises relief. Strokes can cause debilitating damage. Two UConn researchers ...

Flinders University experts are exploring evidence that microbes in the soil and the environments around us can affect human microbiota and the "gut-brain axis," potentially shaping emotional states ...

A new study published in PNAS offers evidence that certain brain cells involved in regulating stress do not simply respond to ...

Declining Menin in the hypothalamus sparks inflammation and accelerates aging. Boosting Menin or supplementing with D-serine can restore memory, learning, and even physical vitality in older mice.

Low estrogen can cause absent or irregular menstrual periods, vaginal dryness, hot flashes, night sweats, and more. Lifestyle modifications and hormone therapy can help reduce or prevent these ...

All body movements occur in different planes and around different axes. A plane is an imaginary flat surface running through the body. An axis is an imaginary line at right angles to the plane, about ...

This useful manuscript reports mechanisms behind the increase in fecundity in response to sub-lethal doses of pesticides in the crop pest, the brown plant hopper. The authors hypothesize that the ...