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Hypothalamic Nuclei Flashcards

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USMLE® Step 1 flashcards
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Mediates satiety; destruction leads to hyperphagia. Stimulated by leptin

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Ventromedial

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Mediates hunger; destruction leads to anorexia. Inhibited by leptin

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Lateral

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Mediates heat dissipation via parasympathetics; destruction leads to hyperthermia.

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Anterior

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Mediates heat conservation via sympathetics; destruction leads to hypothermia.

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Posterior

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Secretion of dopamine (inhibits prolactin, growth hormone-releasing hormone and gonadotropin

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Arcuate

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Antidiuretic hormone, corticotropin-releasing hormone, oxytocin, and thyrotropin-releasing hormone secretion

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Paraventricular

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Secretion of ADH and oxytocin

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Supraoptic

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Circadian rhythm regulation and pineal gland function

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Suprachiasmatic

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