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| When the pups were born, the researchers took samples of cells from each baby's hypothalamus. In each subject the female substance activated a part of the hypothalamus believed to be involved in sexual behavior. The area of the brain called the hypothalamus, which links the nervous system to the endocrine system by synthesizing and secreting neurohormones that affect sleep, emotions, body temperature, hunger and thirst, is the mainspring of our circadian clock. |
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