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Hypothalamus-liver talks: whispers in the language of metabolism
Hypothalamus-liver talks: whispers in the language of metabolism
Closely associated with the exponential increase of obesity and sedentary life, liver-related disorders are a major global...
The suprachiasmatic nucleus: a central pacemaker for temporal coordination of energy metabolic homeostasis
The suprachiasmatic nucleus: a central pacemaker for temporal coordination of energy metabolic homeostasis
The suprachiasmatic nucleus (SCN) is the principal light-entrained circadian pacemaker in mammals, coordinating daily rhyt...
Therapy for aggressive pituitary tumors and carcinomas
Therapy for aggressive pituitary tumors and carcinomas
The management of aggressive pituitary tumors and carcinomas remains challenging. This review article discusses available ...
Balancing acts: lateral hypothalamic circuits coordinating feeding, anxiety, and social interactions
Balancing acts: lateral hypothalamic circuits coordinating feeding, anxiety, and social interactions
Survival requires organisms to continuously balance competing motivational drives, including the need to acquire energy, a...
Distractor effect of food stimuli among patients with binge eating behaviour - a narrative review and pilot data
Distractor effect of food stimuli among patients with binge eating behaviour - a narrative review and pilot data
The distractor effect refers to performance impairments caused by task-irrelevant stimuli capturing attention and disrupt ...
Harnessing food cue evoked neuroimaging towards treatment optimisation for obesity and binge eating disorder
Harnessing food cue evoked neuroimaging towards treatment optimisation for obesity and binge eating disorder
Obesity and binge eating disorder (BED) are global health concerns that share overlapping neural mechanisms. These include...
Diabetes and cancer: glucose control impact on survival and tumor outcomes
Diabetes and cancer: glucose control impact on survival and tumor outcomes
Diabetes mellitus (DM) and cancer are major global health challenges that increasingly coexist due to shared risk factors ...
Interaction of physical activity and gut-brain axis: relevance for obesity
Interaction of physical activity and gut-brain axis: relevance for obesity
The gut–brain axis represents a bidirectional communication system disrupted in obesity. Evidence suggests associati...
Pregnancy-associated thyroid disorders: the role of genetic, epigenetic, and oxidative stress factors
Pregnancy-associated thyroid disorders: the role of genetic, epigenetic, and oxidative stress factors
Thyroid inflammation during pregnancy, particularly Hashimoto’s thyroiditis (HT) and postpartum thyroiditis (PPT), h...
Pathophysiological insights into asprosin: an emerging adipokine in reproductive health
Pathophysiological insights into asprosin: an emerging adipokine in reproductive health
Asprosin is a versatile protein hormone primarily produced by white adipose tissue (WAT). When secreted into the bloodstre...
Lights or shadows, a promising future for positron emission tomography in pituitary tumors: a systematic review
Lights or shadows, a promising future for positron emission tomography in pituitary tumors: a systematic review
The diagnosis of pituitary adenomas (PAs), also called pituitary tumors or neuroendocrine tumors (PitNETs) currently invol...
Exploring obesity phenotypes: a longitudinal perspective
Exploring obesity phenotypes: a longitudinal perspective
Traditional reliance on Body Mass Index (BMI) as a diagnostic tool for obesity is increasingly challenged due to its inabi...
Neurovascular plasticity as a modulator of hypothalamic function
Neurovascular plasticity as a modulator of hypothalamic function
The hypothalamus, located at the most ventral part of the brain, is the central regulator of homeostatic processes such as...
Sexual dimorphism in the development and function of the melanocortin system
Sexual dimorphism in the development and function of the melanocortin system
The melanocortin system is fundamental for the regulation of whole-body energy homeostasis. This system consists of pro-op...
BBSome: An essential component of hypothalamic regulation of energy homeostasis
BBSome: An essential component of hypothalamic regulation of energy homeostasis
The BBSome is a protein complex composed of eight Bardet-Biedl syndrome (BBS) proteins. Although the BBSome is best known ...
Targeted therapeutic strategies as alternative and sustainable treatment options for obesity-induced steatohepatitis
Targeted therapeutic strategies as alternative and sustainable treatment options for obesity-induced steatohepatitis
The development of metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease (MASLD), and its progression to metabolic dysf...
Hyperphagia in rare melanocortin-4 receptor pathway diseases: therapeutic options and assessing treatment response
Hyperphagia in rare melanocortin-4 receptor pathway diseases: therapeutic options and assessing treatment response
Hyperphagia is a hallmark of both congenital and acquired rare melanocortin-4 receptor (MC4R) pathway diseases. Currently,...