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• n  any of several closely related compounds that are produced by the thyroid gland and are active metabolically

News & Articles

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• Drug boosts fat tissue's calorie-burning ability in lab
  A drug that mimics the activity of thyroid hormone significantly increases the amount of energy burned by fat tissue and promotes weight loss, an animal study of metabolism finds. The results were presented Sunday at The Endocrine Society's 95th Annual Meeting in San Francisco.
  June 17, 2013 - EurekAlert!
• Could novel drug target autism and fetal alcohol disorder?
  A surprising new study reveals a common molecular vulnerability in autism and fetal alcohol disorder. Both have social impairment symptoms and originate during brain development. The study found male offspring of rat mothers given alcohol during pregnancy have social impairment and altered levels of autism-related genes found in humans. But the damage was reversed with a thyroid hormone given to ...
  June 15, 2013 - Science Daily
• Fetal alcohol spectrum disorders and autism spectrum disorder share common molecular vulnerabilities
  ( Alcoholism: Clinical & Experimental Research ) Both fetal alcohol spectrum disorders and autism spectrum disorder are neurodevelopmental in origin. A new rodent study has found that these disorders share common molecular vulnerabilities. Findings also suggest that a low dose of the thyroid hormone thyroxin to the pregnant mothers appears to alleviate some of the effects of alcohol exposure on ...
  June 13, 2013 - EurekAlert!