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lateral hypothalamic area

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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. [WP,unvetted]. [ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lateral_hypothalamic_area ]

Term info

Label

lateral hypothalamic area

Synonyms
  • area hypothalamica lateralis
  • lateral division of hypothalamus
  • lateral group of hypothalamic nuclei
  • lateral hypothalamic group
  • lateral hypothalamic region
  • lateral hypothalamic zone (Crosby)
database cross reference
Subsets

uberon_slim

latin term
area hypothalamica lateralis [ FMA : 62030 FMA : TA ]

latin term
area lateralis hypothalami [ NeuroNames : 426 ]

abbreviation
LH [ BIRNLEX : 4037 NIFSTD : NeuroNames_abbrevSource ]

depicted by

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

has related synonym

lateral hypothalamic area (Nissl 1913), lateral hypothalamic area proper, lateral hypothalamic nucleus, area lateralis hypothalami

id

UBERON:0002430

present in taxon

http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/NCBITaxon_117569