Neuroscience: Brain Mechanisms of Blushing

Victor Mathis; Paul J Kenny

doi:10.1016/j.cub.2018.06.047

Neuroscience: Brain Mechanisms of Blushing

Curr Biol. 2018 Jul 23;28(14):R791-R792. doi: 10.1016/j.cub.2018.06.047.

Authors

Victor Mathis¹, Paul J Kenny²

Affiliations

¹ Department of Neuroscience, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, NY 10029, USA.
² Department of Neuroscience, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, NY 10029, USA. Electronic address: paul.kenny@mssm.edu.

PMID: 30040940
DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2018.06.047

Abstract

The dorsal hypothalamic area regulates increases in body temperature in response to stress, but precise mechanisms are unclear. A new study suggests that glutamatergic neurons in this brain area regulate this action and, surprisingly, may also be involved in blushing.

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MeSH terms

Blushing
Brain
Hyperthermia, Induced*
Neurosciences*
Thermogenesis