Scientists at Pennington Biomedical Research Center have gained greater clarity in the brain regions and neurons that control ...

Now, new research reveals how the human brain switches between these two modes of survival. The answer lies in the hypothalamus, a tiny structure nestled deep in the middle of the organ.

Compared to sugar, consuming sucralose-a widely used sugar substitute-increases activity in the hypothalamus, a brain region that regulates appetite and body weight, according to a new USC study.

In what David Sinclair, who studies aging at Harvard Medical School and who was not involved in the work, calls a “Herculean effort,” the researchers “discovered that stem cells in the hypothalamus ..