Researchers have discovered a new mechanism controlling satiation. According to the recently published study, the hormone secretin induces satiation by activating brown adipose tissue. Researchers ...

The gastrointestinal hormone secretin- often associated with its role in the pancreas- increases and improves both heart and kidney function, according to a new study. Researchers write that their ...

Scientists from Germany and Finland report that brown fat interacts with the gut hormone secretin in mice to relay nutritional signals about fullness to the brain during a meal. The study ...

The intestinal hormone secretin, considered by some to be a promising drug in the treatment of autism, does not improve the symptoms and should not be used to treat the disorder, according to a new ...

Interest in secretin as a possible treatment for autism, a neurodevelopmental disorder characterized by social and communication problems and repetitive behaviors and interests, arose from reports of ...

"Birches" by Mark Rimland, an autistic artist. At least 15 clinical trials have begun or soon will be under way to help answer a question that has tantalized parents across the country in recent ...

Some parents say the drug helps their autistic children; some doctors say they are misguided. The agenda for Thursday's meeting of the Hillsborough County Autism Support Group was packed with the ...

High levels of a digestive hormone called secretin may play an important role in the management of certain chronic liver diseases, according to new research published in the journal Hepatology. These ...

The latest study on secretin, once touted as a possible cure for autism, has failed to show that the digestive hormone has any significant impact on the disorder. The study by researchers at the ...

Florey and Harding 1,2 discovered the hormonal control of Brunner's gland secretion and suggested that secretin is the controlling hormone, but because their work was with an impure preparation the ...

Researchers from the Turku PET Centre and Technical University of Munich have discovered a new mechanism controlling satiation. According to the recently published study, the hormone secretin induces ...