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• Hypothalamic-pituitary-gonadal axis — The hypothalamic pituitary gonadal axis (also HPTA) is a way of referring to the combined effects of the hypothalamus, pituitary gland, and gonads as if these individual endocrine glands were a single entity. Because these glands often behave in… …   Wikipedia

• Hypothalamic-pituitary-thyroid axis — The hypothalamic pituitary thyroid axis (HPT axis for short) is part of the endocrine system responsible for the regulation of metabolism. As its name suggests, it depends upon the hypothalamus, the pituitary gland, and the thyroid gland.The… …   Wikipedia

• Dorsomedial hypothalamic nucleus — Not to be confused with Medial dorsal nucleus. Brain: Dorsomedial hypothalamic nucleus Dorsomedial nucleus is DM , at center, in green. Latin Nucleus dorsomedialis areae hypothalamicae intermediae …   Wikipedia

• endocrine system, human — ▪ anatomy Introduction  group of ductless glands (gland) that regulate body processes by secreting chemical substances called hormones (hormone). Hormones act on nearby tissues or are carried in the bloodstream to act on specific target organs… …   Universalium

• dynorphin — An endogenous opioid ligand that acts as an agonist at opiate receptors. Extremely potent, widely distributed neuropeptide that has 17 amino acid residues and contains leu5 enkephalin as its NH2 terminal sequence. * * * dy·nor·phin dī nȯr fən …   Medical dictionary

• Mayim Bialik — Bialik at the 2011 Gracie Awards Born Mayim Hoya Bialik December 12, 1975 (1975 12 12) (age 35) …   Wikipedia

• Ventrolateral preoptic nucleus — The ventrolateral preoptic nucleus (VLPO) is a group of neurons in the hypothalamus. They are primarily active during Non rapid eye movement sleep, and inhibit other neurons that are involved in wakefulness. The VLPO neurons release the… …   Wikipedia

• Apelin — protein Name = apelin, AGTRL1 ligand caption = width = HGNCid = 16665 Symbol = APLN AltSymbols = XNPEP2 EntrezGene = 8862 OMIM = 300297 RefSeq = NM 017413 UniProt = Q9ULZ1 PDB = ECnumber = Chromosome = X Arm = q Band = 25 LocusSupplementaryData …   Wikipedia

• hypothalamus — hypothalamic /huy poh theuh lam ik, hip oh /, adj. /huy peuh thal euh meuhs/, n., pl. hypothalami / muy /. Anat. a region of the brain, between the thalamus and the midbrain, that functions as the main control center for the autonomic nervous… …   Universalium

• hormone — hormonal, hormonic /hawr mon ik, moh nik/, adj. /hawr mohn/, n. 1. Biochem. any of various internally secreted compounds, as insulin or thyroxine, formed in endocrine glands, that affect the functions of specifically receptive organs or tissues… …   Universalium

• Leptin — PDB rendering based on 1ax8. Available structures …   Wikipedia