These project from the arcuate nucleus to other key hypothalamic nuclei, such as the paraventricular, dorsomedial, ventromedial and lateral hypothalamic nuclei. There are also projections to and ...

The paraventricular thalamic nucleus (PVT) is a small but highly connected nucleus of the dorsal midline ... ventral and dorsal medial prefrontal cortex (mPFC), anterior and posterior cingulate, ...

Female mice show decreased sexual motivation after male ejaculation. (A) Schematic of female self-paced mating assay. The behavior apparatus was divided by a wall with a hole small enough for only the ...

Various lesion and electric stimulation experiments have revealed that the hypothalamus, an ancient structure situated deep in the brain, is essential for expressing aggressive behaviors. More ...

me.com Objectives To determine the frequency of hypothalamic lesions in patients with multiple sclerosis (MS) using conventional MRI (cMRI) protocols. Methods Brain cMRI (1.5 Tesla) scans of 105 ...

The convergent inputs to the central projection of the trigeminovascular system, the trigeminal nucleus caudalis and the C1 and C2 regions of the spinal cord, collectively known as the ...

Oxytocin receptor (Oxtr) signaling influences complex social behaviors in diverse species, including social monogamy in prairie voles. How Oxtr regulates specific components of social attachment ...

In a new study published in Science Advances, researchers at Northwestern Medicine discovered that the brain regions used for ...

These include the prefrontal cortex, the central amygdala, the hippocampus, as well as several hypothalamic and brainstem nuclei such as the nucleus of the solitary tract, the locus coeruleus, the C1 ...

Background Given high rates of early complications and non-reversibility, refined targeting is necessitated for magnetic resonance-guided focused ultrasound (MRgFUS) thalamotomy for essential tremor ...