Hipotalamus

Hypothalamus
Lokacija ljudskog hipotalamusa
Diencephalon
Latinski	hypothalamus
Gray's	subject #189 812
MeSH	Hypothalamus

Hipotalamus koordinira rad žlezda endokrinog sistema, reguliše emocije, i reguliše određene visceralne aktivnosti (rad određenih unutrašnjih organa). Od njega polazi, i sa ostalim delovima mozga ga povezuje limbički sistem koji je bitan za manifestovanje emocija.^[1] Pored njega se nalazi hipofiza i međumozak.

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  Median sagittal section of brain of human embryo of three months
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  Human brain left dissected midsagittal view
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  Endocrine glands in the human head and neck and their hormones
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  Location of the hypothalamus

Reference

1. Fliers, Eric; Unmehopa, Alkemade (7 June 2006). „Functional neuroanatomy of thyroid hormone feedback in the human hypothalamus and pituitary gland”. Molecular and Cellular Endocrinology 251 (1–2): 1–8. DOI:10.1016/j.mce.2006.03.042. PMID 16707210. 

Literatura

• de Vries, GJ, and Sodersten P (2009) Sex differences in the brain: the relation between structure and function. Hormones and Behavior 55:589-596.

Vanjske veze

• The Hypothalamus and Pituitary at endotexts.org Arhivirano 2006-05-14 na Wayback Machine-u
• NIF Search - Hypothalamus Arhivirano 2013-07-03 na Wayback Machine-u via the Neuroscience Information Framework
• Space-filling and cross-sectional diagrams of hypothalamic nuclei: right hypothalamus, anterior, tubular, posterior.