Hypothalamus and Limbic System
Hypothalamus and Limbic System: Homeostasis
Hypothalamus and Limbic System: Emotion and Motivated Behavior
Hypothalamus and Limbic System: Clinical Context
Hypothalamus and Limbic System: Clinical Context (cont.)
Hypothalamus: Integrative Functions
What pathways deliver visceral information to the hypothalamus?
What pathways control autonomic responses?
Hypothalamus: Inputs and Outputs
Neural Input and Hormonal Output: oxytocin release and lactation
Vasopressin release: an example of humoral input and humoral output
Hormonal input and Neural output: Endocrine Control of Behavior
What hypothalamic pathways influence endocrine function?
How do we know that regulatory factors travel through the portal circulation to the pituitary?
How do we know that regulatory factors travel through the portal circulation to the pituitary (2)?
Homeostatic processes: servo-control systems
Temperature regulation is a good example of a hypothalamic servo-control system
Distinct regions of the hypothalamus mediate heat dissipation and heat conservation
Distinct regions of the hypothalamus mediate heat dissipation and heat conservation (2)
Endocrine responses to temperature change
Behavioral responses to temperature change
The hypothalamus integrates peripheral and central temperature information
Feeding behavior can also resemble a servo-control mechanism
Feeding behavior can also resemble a servo-control mechanism (2)
How does the hypothalamus contribute to the control of food intake?
How does the hypothalamus contribute to the control of food intake? (2)
How does the hypothalamus contribute to the control of food intake? (3)
A model for energy homeostasis
A model for energy homeostasis
How do satiety signals control meal size?
Hypothalamic neuropeptides that influence caloric homeostasis
Hypothalamic neuropeptides that influence caloric homeostasis (2)
Leptin treatment during development can rescue projections from the arcuate nucleus to PVN