Posterior nucleus of hypothalamus

Posterior hypothalamic nucleus

Posterior nucleus is 'PN', at right, in red.
Details
Part of Hypothalamus
Identifiers
Latin nucleus posterior hypothalami
NeuroNames hier-403
NeuroLex ID Posterior nucleus of hypothalamus
Dorlands
/Elsevier
n_11/12582521
TA A14.1.08.939
FMA 62350

Anatomical terms of neuroanatomy

The posterior nucleus of the hypothalamus is one of the many nuclei that make up the hypothalamic region of the brain.

Its function is thermoregulation (heating) of the body. Damage or destruction of this nucleus causes hypothermia. Descending efferents from the nucleus synapse on the sympathetic neurons of the spinal cord, which exist in the thoracic and lumbar regions in the lateral horns.


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