Hypothalamus

How Emotions & Social Factors Impact Learning | Dr. Mary Helen Immordino-Yang

Andrew Huberman

A brain structure that can drive various states like rage, mating desire, thirst, hunger, or tiredness. Its activation is noted in connection with complex emotions.

How to Use Cold & Heat Exposure to Improve Your Health | Dr. Susanna Søberg

Andrew Huberman

The temperature-regulating center in the brain that receives signals from cold receptors in the skin to activate brown fat for thermogenesis.

Science of Social Bonding in Family, Friendship & Romantic Love

Andrew Huberman

A brain region containing the control center neurons in the social homeostasis circuit, influencing hormone release like oxytocin.

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Peter Attia MD

A region in the brain that plays a critical role in controlling metabolism, including insulin and glucose regulation in peripheral tissues.

#33 – Rudy Leibel, M.D.: Finding the obesity gene and discovering leptin

Peter Attia MD

A critical part of the brain responsible for regulating many physiological functions, including blood pressure, body temperature, and body weight, and increasingly understood to be involved in blood sugar control.

Your Brain's Logic & Function | Dr. David Berson

Andrew Huberman

A deep brain region that coordinates drives, autonomic nervous system, and hormonal systems, where the SCN is located.

Science of Stress, Testosterone & Free Will | Dr. Robert Sapolsky

Andrew Huberman

A key brain region regulating hormonal functions and the autonomic nervous system, involved in stress and motivation.

The Effects of Cannabis (Marijuana) on the Brain & Body

Andrew Huberman

A brain region with high CB1 receptor density, where cannabis activation stimulates appetite, leading to 'munchies'.

Using Light (Sunlight, Blue Light & Red Light) to Optimize Health

Andrew Huberman

A region of the brain that controls hormone output and circadian functions, having direct connections to the eyes and receiving light information.

How to Control Your Metabolism by Thyroid & Growth Hormone

Andrew Huberman

A brain area that controls various basic functions like sexual behavior, temperature regulation, circadian behavior, and aggression.

How Our Hormones Control Our Hunger, Eating & Satiety

Andrew Huberman

An area in the forebrain containing neurons that control sexual behavior, body temperature, circadian rhythms, and feeding.

Advil, Aspirin, and Tylenol -- What's the difference?

Sabine Hossenfelder

A brain region activated by severe pain, which increases the levels of hormones like cortisol and pregnenolone, impacting various bodily functions including pain control.

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Peter Attia MD

A brain region that relays signals from the amygdala to the pituitary glands, triggering stress hormone release.

Improving Health With Stronger Brain-Body Connection | Huberman Lab Essentials

Andrew Huberman

How Hormones Shape Sexual Development | Huberman Lab Essentials

Andrew Huberman

256 ‒ The endocrine system: exploring thyroid, adrenal, and sex hormones | Peter Attia, M.D.

Peter Attia MD

A region of the brain that controls pituitary hormone secretion, including TRH for thyroid regulation and GnRH for reproductive hormones.

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Peter Attia MD

A brain region involved in primitive functions and breathing control, preferentially utilizing lactate as fuel during high stress or exertion.

Is the brain a computer?

Sabine Hossenfelder

Brain region that controls body temperature, hunger, and circadian rhythm, among other functions.

How to Best Guide Your Life Decisions & Path | Dr. Jordan Peterson

Andrew Huberman

A brain area vital for basic drives and motivational states, which, in Dr. Peterson's view, can function as subpersonalities if not integrated by higher cortical functions.