0 a small part in the brain that controls things such as body temperature and the release of hormones, that is below the thalamus --
1 a small part in the front of the brain that controls body temperature and tells your body if you are hungry or need a drink of water --
These are organized at the diencephalic level in the hypothalamus, often described as the body's master control center.
The hypothalamus receives afferent neurones from the skin and abdominal viscera, carrying information about the relative temperature of the various organs.
In these pathways, serotonin may be involved in integrating visceral satiety signals for relay to the hypothalamus.
Maternally deprived rats had decreased numbers of glucocorticoid receptors, as measured by dexamethasone binding, in the hippocampus, hypothalamus and frontal cortex.
It is present in brain stem nuclei, nucleus accumbens, amygdala, hypothalamus, and cerebral cortex.
The first is the hypothalamus, a structure above the midbrain controlling homeostasis.
Fetuses of different species vary in the response of their body weight to removal of the hypothalamus.
Stress increases brain-derived neurotropic factor messenger-ribonucleic-acid in the hypothalamus and pituitary.
