Ventromedial nucleus 

Brain: Ventromedial nucleus
Ventromedial nucleus is 'VM', at center, in green.
Latin nucleus ventromedialis hypothalami
Part of Hypothalamus
Artery Basilar
NeuroNames hier-381
MeSH Ventromedial+Hypothalamic+Nucleus

The ventromedial nucleus (sometimes referred to as the ventromedial hypothalamus) is a nucleus of the hypothalamus.

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Division

It has four subdivisions:

These subdivisions differ anatomically, neurochemically, and behaviorally.

Function

The ventromedial nucleus is most commonly associated with satiety.

The VMHdm has a role in the male vocalizations and scent marking behaviors.123

The VMHvl plays a role in sexual behaviors in females (lordosis), thus stimulating their sexual arousal.4567

References

  1. ^ Yahr and Green, 1992
  2. ^ Flanagan-Cato et al. 2001
  3. ^ Harding and McGinnis, 2005
  4. ^ Kow and Pfaff, 1998
  5. ^ Christensen et al., 1977
  6. ^ Pfaff and Sakuma, 1979
  7. ^ Marsumoto and Ymanouchi, 2000

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Brain: diencephalon
Epithalamus
Thalamus/nuclei
Hypothalamus
autonomic zones: Anterior (parasympathetic/heat loss) • Posterior (sympathetic/heat conservation)

endocrine - posterior pituitary: magnocellular/Paraventricular/Supraoptic (oxytocin/vasopressin)

endocrine - other: parvocellular/Arcuate (dopamine/GHRH) • Preoptic (GnRH) • Suprachiasmatic (melatonin)

emotion: Lateral (hunger) • Ventromedial (satiety) • Dorsomedial (rage)

surface: Median eminence/Tuber cinereum • Mammillary body • Infundibulum

tracts: Medial forebrain bundle

Pituitary: (Posterior is diencephalon, but anterior is glandular)
Subthalamus
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