Posterior nucleus of hypothalamus

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Posterior hypothalamic nucleus
Posterior nucleus is 'PN', at right, in red.
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Part ofHypothalamus
Identifiers
Latinnucleus posterior hypothalami
NeuroNames420
NeuroLex IDbirnlex_1463
TA98A14.1.08.939
TA25738
FMA62350
Anatomical terms of neuroanatomy

The posterior nucleus of the hypothalamus is one of the many nuclei that make up the hypothalamic region of the brain.

Its function is thermoregulation (heating) of the body. Damage or destruction of this nucleus causes hypothermia. Descending efferents from the nucleus synapse on the sympathetic neurons of the spinal cord, which exist in the thoracic and lumbar regions in the lateral horns.


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