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Hypothalamus Lesions
Lesions of the Hypothalamus and their consequences
Lesions | Symptoms |
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Ventromedial nucleus/medial hypothalamus | obesity, excitability |
Lateral hypothalamus | aphagia, placidity |
Anterior hypothalamus/preoptic | hyperthermia |
posterior hypothalamus | hypothermia in cold |
preoptic area, organum vasculosum of the lamina terminalis, subfornical organ | abnormal thirst |
Paraventricular and supraoptic | diabetes insipidus |