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A collection of nerve cells in the brain. Although it performs many functions, the primary role of the thalamus is to relay sensory information from other parts of the brain to the cerebral cortex.
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hypothalamus
the part of the forebrain containing centers of the autonomic nervous system
Source: Noland, George B. 1983. General Biology, 11th Edition. St. Louis, MO. C. V. Mosby ...
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The hypothalamus is a region of the brain. It contains several types of neurons responsible for secreting different hormones.
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thalamus
[Gk. thalamos, chamber]
One of two integrating centers of the vertebrate forebrain.
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thalamus The brain region that serves as a switching center for sensory signals passing from the brain stem to other brain regions; part of the diencephalon. PICTURE ...
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thalamus: a portion of the forebrain that integrates sensory impulses.
theory: a hypothesis that is confirmed through repeated experimentation.
thrombocytes: the starting material for blood clotting; also called platelets.
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thalamus An oval mass of gray matter within the diencephalon that serves as a sensory relay area.
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The lateral geniculate nucleus (LGN) is a sensory relay nucleus in the thalamus of the brain. The LGN consists of six layers in humans and some other primates such as macaques.
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As an example, the hypothalamus receives information, both electrical and chemical.
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Genetics seem to specify (in unknown ways) some of the gross features of connectivity--for example in mammals the axons of ganglion cells in the eye mostly grow through the optic nerve to a particular group of cells in the thalamus.
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An endocrine gland at the base of the hypothalamus; consists of a posterior lobe (neurohypophysis), which stores and releases two hormones produced by the hypothalamus, and an anterior lobe (adenohypophysis), ...
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RH - any of several hormones produced in the hypothalamus and carried by a vein to the anterior pituitary gland where they stimulate the release of anterior pituitary hormones; ...
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The most anterior brain region of developing embryos which later divides into the telencephalon (most anterior brain region) and diencephalon. These regions later differentiate into the cerebral hemispheres, thalamus and hypothalamus and optic ...
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For example, experiments using radioactive labeling show that calcitonin produced by the hypothalamus is different from that produced by the thyroid. In each case, the same gene produces the protein.
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There definitely are some scientists who have been working on describing different regions in the hypothalamus or in the brain that might be different for homosexuals versus heterosexuals. But we have a long way to go on that.
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