In human physiology, the endocrine glands act by releasing chemical messengers called hormones ... Nervous and endocrine systems carry out a common mandate: to transmit the brain’s instructions to ...

Meanwhile, some people might notice they can no longer tolerate the cold—which is one sign of hypothyroidism, or an underactive thyroid. The condition slows metabolism and triggers a drop in body ...

These hormones are released by your adrenal glands, which sit above your kidneys. In some cases, they also are released from the brain as neurotransmitters. The other major member of the group is ...

More than 12% of Americans will develop a thyroid condition at some point, with women at greater risk than men. The thyroid ...

Endocrine systems and metabolic diseases affect the endocrine system and disrupt metabolism. Examples include diabetes and goiter. We establish a mouse model of progressive diabetes induced by ...

"Our analysis reveals that LXRs and TRs don't represent parallel pathways but rather constitute a single pathway through which the thyroid hormone endocrine system regulates cholesterol ...

17, 2024 — The discovery of a gut-to-brain regulation pathway in flies calls for additional consideration on how certain medications, especially GLP-1 agonists, can be used to treat obesity and ...

The endocrine actions of FGF23, in association with parathyroid hormone and vitamin D, mobilize sodium–phosphate cotransporters that control renal phosphate transport in proximal tubular ...

While fireworks are a visual delight, they can cause several harmful effects on the environment, our health, and our ...

Acromegaly is a condition that most often happens when your pea-sized pituitary gland at the base of your brain (orange) makes too much growth hormone after your body has otherwise already stopped ...

The Whip-Poor-Will’s shrill, death-proclaiming song populates the works of Stephen King and H.P. Lovecraft. But the bird itself has fallen on hard times. Could it become a ghost of Halloweens past?