Anterior hypothalamic nucleus
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| Brain: Anterior hypothalamic nucleus | ||
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| Anterior hypothalamic nucleus is 'AH', at center left, in blue. | ||
| Latin | nucleus anterior hypothalami | |
| NeuroNames | hier-369 | |
| MeSH | Anterior+hypothalamic+nucleus | |
| NeuroLex ID | birnlex_1226 | |
The anterior hypothalamic nucleus is a nucleus of the hypothalamus.
Its function is thermoregulation (the maintenance of body temperature between certain parameters) of the body.
The anterior hypothalamus plays a role in regulating sleep.[1]
The anterior hypothalamic region is sometimes grouped with the preoptic area.[2]
[edit] References
- ^ Deschenes CL, McCurry SM (February 2009). "Current treatments for sleep disturbances in individuals with dementia". Curr Psychiatry Rep 11 (1): 20–6. PMC 2649672. PMID 19187704. http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/articlerender.fcgi?tool=pmcentrez&artid=2649672.
- ^ Onoe H, Watanabe Y, Ono K, Koyama Y, Hayaishi O (July 1992). "Prostaglandin E2 exerts an awaking effect in the posterior hypothalamus at a site distinct from that mediating its febrile action in the anterior hypothalamus". J. Neurosci. 12 (7): 2715–25. PMID 1613554. http://www.jneurosci.org/cgi/pmidlookup?view=long&pmid=1613554.
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