ERC Starting Grant · 2025
Hypothalamic cell changes during menopause: the neuroendocrine origin of its metabolic alterations
Women health is heavily impacted by menopause, and specifically, metabolic alterations increase their prevalence compared to the pre-menopause stage. Among them, body weight increase associated with abdominal adiposity, augmented risk of metabolic syndrome accompanied with dyslipidemia, worsening of insulin resistance coupled to type 2 diabetes and reduced bone density which favors osteoporosis are commonly associated with this women’s period of life. The hypothalamus is a key brain area controlling several homeostatic systems such as energy balance, glucose homeostasis and bone metabolism. Ovarian hormones act on the hypothalamus to regulate female physiology but after menopause their…
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