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Hypothalamus
NEU 257
3/3/2011
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The diencephalon
• “between brain”
• Posterior part of embryonic forebrain
• Lies between brainstem and cerebral hemispheres
• Includes: thalamus, hypothalamus, subthalamus, epithalamus
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Hypothalamus: General description• Below rostral thalamus (hypo =“under”/”beneath)
• Vital regulatory functions include: temperature, heart rate, blood pressure, blood osmolarity, goal seeking behavior, emotional behavior, visceral nervous system, sexual activity, food & water intake, aggression
• Forms floor and lower walls of third ventricle
• Contains various classes of peptidergic neuroendocrine cells which control endocrine function
• Communicates with cortex via limbic system and also via direct projections
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Involvement with 3 major systems
• Endocrine system (HPA: hypothalamo-pituitary-adrenal axis)
• Autonomic nervous system
• Motivation system
….Also adaptive emotional behavior
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Gross anatomy of the Hypothalamus
science.tjc.edu/ images/brain/Index.htm
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Main Inputs to Hypothalamus
• receives info on external and internal conditions: – specific sensory info (e.g., direct retinal
projection)- input from visceral senses (NTS: nucleus of
the solitary tract: taste)– contains many neurons that are sensitive to
local temperature, osmolarity, glucose, sodium
– circulating hormones influence it via the circumventricular organs
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SCN
Retinohypothalamic tract
SCN
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Circumventricular organs•Brain regions near ventricles that lack a blood-brain barrier, e.g., subfornical organ, OVLT, median eminence, area postrema
•Highly vascularized
•Influenced by circulating hormones, osmotic changes, substances in CSF, afferent fibers from other parts of the nervous system
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Peptidergic neuroendocrine cells: Magnocellular neurons
• “Large” neurons• Located in paraventricular and supraoptic
nuclei• Secrete oxytocin and vasopressin into
general circulation via posterior pituitary• Oxytocin uterine contraction & milk
secretion• Vasopressin vasoconstriction, water
resorption by the kidney
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Brainmaps.org
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Magnocellular Secretory System
clem.mscd.edu/~raoa/ bio2320/endo1/sld003.htm
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• “small” neurons• Located in medial basal region, arcuate and
tuberal nuclei, periventricular region, preoptic and paraventricular nuclei
• Secrete releasing and inhibiting hormones into portal vasculature via anterior pituitary
• Nobel prize awarded to Guillemin (Salk), Schally and Yalow in 1977 for their (independent) work in proving the hypothesis that the hypothalamus releases hormones that regulate the pituitary
Peptidergic neuroendocrine cells: Parvocellular neurons
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Brainmaps.org
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Hypothalamic Portal System
clem.mscd.edu/~raoa/ bio2320/endo1/sld003.htm
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Hypothalamic inhibitors
Hypothalamic hormone Anterior pituitary hormone
Prolactin release-inhibiting hormone (PIH), dopamine
Prolactin
Growth hormone release-inhibiting hormone (GIH; somatostatin)
GH, thyrotropin
Melanocyte-stimulating hormone release inhibiting factor (MIF)
MSH
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Hypothalamic releasers
Hypothalamic hormone Anterior pituitary hormone
Thyrotropin-releasing hormone (TRH)
Thyrotropin, prolactin
Corticotropin-releasing hormone (CRH)
Adrenocorticotropin, -lipotropin
gonadotropin-releasing hormone (GnRH)
LH, FSH
Growth-hormone releasing hormone (GHRH)
GH
Prolactin-releasing factor (PRF) Prolactin
Melanocyte-stimulating hormone-releasing factor (MRF)
MSH, -endorphin
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Peripheral Influence of Hypothalamus
clem.mscd.edu/~raoa/ bio2320/endo1/sld003.htm
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Hypocretin
From Thannickal et al., Neuron 27: 469, 2000
•Also known as “orexin”
•Peptide involved in arousal and feeding behavior
•Project to thalamus, cortex and brainstem regions associated with arousal, cardiovascular control, and autonomic functions
•Few thousand neurons
•Loss of hypocretin neurons implicated in human narcolepsy