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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 ]

Synonyms: nucleus hypothalamicus lateralis

Term info

database cross reference
  • EV:0100234
  • ZFA:0000227
  • BIRNLEX:1199
  • SCTID:360452004
  • Wikipedia:Lateral_hypothalamus
  • FMA:62337
  • neuronames:1347 (BIRNLEX:1199)
  • UMLS:C0086527 (BIRNLEX:1199)
  • BAMS:LHy
  • TAO:0000227
Subsets

uberon_slim, vertebrate_core

plural term
lateral hypothalamic nuclei [ ZFA:0000227 ]

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

prefLabel

lateral hypothalamic nucleus, Lateral hypothalamic nucleus

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