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Damage to the hypothalamus would be expected to produce
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Addiction Medicine 40 years experience
Hypoxia: Perinatal hypoxia can cause cerebral damage of multiple types depending on how serious the hypoxia
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Neurology 54 years experience
Regulation: An area of brain that deals with maintenance of homeostasis throughout the body. Important for temperature, appetite, weight regulation, coordination... Read More
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HP axis: Hypothalamus-pituitary axis (glands) in the brain produces important hormones that regulates your thyroid, testosterone, estrogen, steroid production.... Read More
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Dr. Touraj Shafaianswered
Pediatrics 61 years experience
Genetic defects: Genetic defects and chromosomal disorders are the main reason for hypothalamic disorders. Depending on the cause and the location of the lesions, ther... Read More
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Talk to your doctor: Temperature instability, which can be seen in hypothalamic dysfunction, isn't the same as feeling hot or cold. It means that core temperature isn't st... Read More
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Dr. Peter Gluskeranswered
Neurology 49 years experience
Hypothalamic stroke: The prognosis of a hypothalamic stroke is complex because there are many endocrine factors controlled from there, for example thyroid and many other h... Read More
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Dr. Alan Alianswered
Psychiatry 34 years experience
PVN: Contains nerve cells which are activated by stressful or physiological changes, leading to release of pituitary hormones, as well as regulating appeti... Read More
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Dr. Ankush Bansalanswered
Internal Medicine 16 years experience
Makes no sense: Hypothalamus is not a disease or condition. It is an anatomic part of the brain. You need it to function. Thus, there is no cure or treatment for a... Read More
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Dr. Mark Fisheranswered
Neurology 31 years experience
The hypothalamus: is not a "gland." It's a part of the brain. It doesn't "control" any "tissues." The functions of the hypothalamus are far too numerous & complex t... Read More
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Dr. Nazhat Sharmaanswered
Ophthalmology 34 years experience
Hunger control: VMH is responsible for satiety. It is involved in Fear , feeding , thermorehulation and sexual activity. Nystagmus has many causes : vestibular diseas... Read More
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Dr. Carla Enriquezanswered
Pediatrics 52 years experience
Maybe: There were news media reports in the mid 2000's regarding oxytocin & aspergers. The latest definitive article i found, from mit & published 2010, indi... Read More
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