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Anatomy & Physiology

Body Temperature Moves Slightly. Hypothalamus Overreacts. Again.

Disrupted estradiol signaling during the menopause transition can destabilize the brain circuits controlling the body’s thermoregulatory thresholds. The problem may be less about wild temperature swings than an increasingly narrow control window.