Hypothalamic Inputs: Methods, and Five Examples

摘要: Publisher Summary This chapter describes the responses of different hypothalamic elements to variations in input. Exteroceptive inputs and stimulation or lesioning other areas within central nervous system (CNS) may be employed study, respectively, first subsequent stages an afferent pathway. Alternatively, nonendocrine functions hypothalamus observed. Because does not contain final common pathway for such as temperature control, sexual behavior, drinking, eating, certain that a response maneuver is due alteration activity input mechanism, some effect on over which controls peripheral motoneurons, easy. But if, cases, stimulus (e.g., change osmotic pressure) applied directly dramatic function results, then well have physiological at level.