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HYPOTHALAMUS
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Irregular inflected form: hypothalami
I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A basal part of the diencephalon governing autonomic nervous system
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("hypothalamus" is a kind of...):
neural structure (a structure that is part of the nervous system)
Holonyms ("hypothalamus" is a part of...):
betweenbrain; diencephalon; interbrain; thalmencephalon (the posterior division of the forebrain; connects the cerebral hemispheres with the mesencephalon)
Derivation:
hypothalamic (of or relating to the hypothalamus)
Context examples:
An anatomic structure formed by the crossing of the two optic nerves under the hypothalamus.
(Optic chiasm, NCI Thesaurus)
A nucleus located in the middle hypothalamus in the most ventral part of the third ventricle near the entrance of the infundibular recess.
(Arcuate Nucleus, NCI Thesaurus)
After analyzing brain tissue samples, the researchers identified an area of the gene where a single change reduced BDNF levels in the hypothalamus, a key area that controls eating and body weight.
(Researchers link single gene variation to obesity, NIH)
A better understanding of how the BNST and hypothalamus work to coordinate emotion-related behavior could shed light on the emotional processes dysregulated in addiction.
(Researchers identify key brain circuits for reward-seeking and avoidance behavior, National Institutes of Health)
It produces and secretes hormones such as oxytocin and vasopressin, to regulate the activities of the hypothalamus.
(Pituitary gland, NCI Thesaurus)
A pea-sized organ attached to the part of the brain called the hypothalamus.
(Pituitary gland, NCI Dictionary)
Levels of pituitary hormones are regulated by the hypothalamus, anterior and posterior lobes of the pituitary gland, and by the pars intermedia.
(Pituitary Hormone, NCI Thesaurus)
Their labs and others have helped to show how narcolepsy may be linked to the loss of hypocretin/orexin-making neurons in the hypothalamus, a peanut-sized area found deep inside the brain.
(The brain may actively forget during dream sleep, National Institutes of Health)
The largest part of the brain composed of the cerebral hemispheres, thalamus, hypothalamus, and the limbic system.
(Forebrain, NCI Thesaurus)
Estradiol hemihydrate diffuses through the cell membrane and binds to and subsequently activates the nuclear estrogen receptor found in the reproductive tract, breast, pituitary, hypothalamus, liver, and bone.
(Estradiol Hemihydrate, NCI Thesaurus)
