Like other homeostatic systems, the mechanism responsible for core temperature regulation involves a specific brain region that communicates with the rest of the body, in this case, via the autonomic ...

ATTENTION has been called to the fact that patients who have lost most of their normal capacity to eliminate water, potassium and phosphate as a consequence of severe renal damage may nonetheless ...

Disruptions in brain stability cause disorders such as epilepsy, but precious little is known about homeostasis, the brain's regulatory system. Now a new study finds that homeostatic regulation occurs ...

Renin-expressing cells are evolutionarily conserved and have retained features to contribute to the defence against threats to survival such as bleeding, dehydration, hypotension and/or hypoxia In the ...

We describe a model of energy homeostasis to better understand neuronal pathways that control energy balance and their regulation by hormonal signals such as insulin and leptin. Catabolic neuronal ...

Homeostasis is the critical biological process through which the constant regulation of biochemical signals and functions is achieved at equilibrium. The most important functions in humans for ...

The model proposed here is not intended to explain how obesity occurs. Rather, the intent is to better understand the apparent bias of the energy homeostasis system in favor of weight gain. This ...