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lateral hypothalamic nucleus

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The lateral hypothalamus or lateral hypothalamic area is a part of the hypothalamus. It is concerned with hunger. Damage to this area can cause reduced food intake. Stimulating the lateral hypothalamus causes a desire to eat, while stimulating the ventromedial hypothalamus causes a desire to stop eating. [ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lateral_hypothalamus ]

Term info

Label

lateral hypothalamic nucleus

Synonyms
  • nucleus hypothalamicus lateralis
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Subsets

uberon_slim, vertebrate_core

plural term
lateral hypothalamic nuclei [ ZFA : 0000227 ]

latin term
nucleus hypothalamicus lateralis [ FMA : TA FMA : 62337 ]

abbreviation
LHy [ NIFSTD : NeuroNames_abbrevSource BIRNLEX : 1199 ]

depicted by

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/8c/HypothalamicNuclei.PNG

has related synonym

economo's areas, lateral hypothalamic nuclei, areas of Economo

id

UBERON:0001937

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