hypothalamic

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  • hypothalamic — adjective Date: 1899 of or relating to the hypothalamus < hypothalamic neurons > …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • Hypothalamic hamartoma — (abbreviated as HH) is a congenital condition consisting of a mass of disorganized neuronal or glial tissue on or near the hypothalamus. HH is generally not detected on CT scans, and on MRI it is isointense to gray matter. The size of HHs varies… …   Wikipedia

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  • Hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis — The hypothalamic pituitary adrenal axis (HPA or HTPA axis), also known as the limbic hypothalamic pituitary adrenal axis (LHPA axis), is a complex set of direct influences and feedback interactions among the hypothalamus (a hollow, funnel shaped… …   Wikipedia

  • Hypothalamic-pituitary-gonadal axis — The hypothalamic pituitary gonadal axis (also HPTA) is a way of referring to the combined effects of the hypothalamus, pituitary gland, and gonads as if these individual endocrine glands were a single entity. Because these glands often behave in… …   Wikipedia

  • Hypothalamic hamartoma — A benign tumor of the hypothalamus, the area of the brain that controls body temperature, hunger, and thirst. (In technical terms, the hypothalamus lies beneath a structure known as the thalamus and forms the floor of the third ventricle of the… …   Medical dictionary

  • hypothalamic-pituitary-gonadal axis — the interrelationships between the hypothalamic pituitary axis and the gonads, including production of gonadotropins, their reception at sites in the testis or ovary, and negative feedback mechanisms by which high levels of circulating estrogens… …   Medical dictionary

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  • Hypothalamic-pituitary-thyroid axis — The hypothalamic pituitary thyroid axis (HPT axis for short) is part of the endocrine system responsible for the regulation of metabolism. As its name suggests, it depends upon the hypothalamus, the pituitary gland, and the thyroid gland.The… …   Wikipedia

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