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region — 1. An often arbitrarily limited portion of the surface of the body. SEE ALSO: space, zone. 2. A portion of the body having a special nervous or vascular supply, or a part of an organ having a special … Medical dictionary
area — 1. [TA] Any circumscribed surface or space. 2. All of the part supplied by a given artery or nerve. 3. A part of an organ having a special function, as the motor a. of the brain. SEE ALSO … Medical dictionary
hormone — hormonal, hormonic /hawr mon ik, moh nik/, adj. /hawr mohn/, n. 1. Biochem. any of various internally secreted compounds, as insulin or thyroxine, formed in endocrine glands, that affect the functions of specifically receptive organs or tissues… … Universalium
area hypothalamica intermedia — [TA] intermediate hypothalamic area: the part of the hypothalamus comprising the lateral hypothalamic region and the following nuclei: arcuate, tuberal, ventromedial hypothalamic, dorsomedial hypothalamic, dorsal hypothalamic, posterior… … Medical dictionary
area hypothalamica lateralis — [TA] lateral hypothalamic area: a part of the intermediate hypothalamic area lateral to the fornix and the mammillothalamic fasciculus; called also lateral hypothalamic region … Medical dictionary
nucleus dorsalis hypothalami — [TA] dorsal hypothalamic nucleus: a nerve cell nucleus situated in the dorsal portion of the intermediate hypothalamic region … Medical dictionary
nuclei tuberales laterales — [TA] lateral tuberal nuclei: nerve cell nuclei situated ventrally in the intermediate hypothalamic region, mainly in the lateral hypothalamic area … Medical dictionary
nucleus ventromedialis hypothalami — [TA] ventromedial hypothalamic nucleus: a group of nerve cell bodies found in the ventral portion of the intermediate hypothalamic region; it is involved in diverse functions, e.g., food intake and sexual behavior … Medical dictionary
nucleus dorsomedialis hypothalamicae intermediae — [TA] dorsomedial nucleus of intermediate hypothalamus: a group of nerve cell bodies found in the dorsal part of the intermediate hypothalamic region … Medical dictionary
Dopaminergic cell groups — are collections of neurons in the central nervous system that have been demonstrated by histochemical fluorescence to contain the neurotransmitter dopamine.[1] Eleven discrete dopaminergic cell groups have been identified.[2][3][4] … Wikipedia
