In these cases, there was either minor or no damage to the lateral hypothalamus.

Their work showed that clone 35 expression was limited to the lateral hypothalamus.

The specific cells that control hunger and thirst are in the lateral hypothalamus.

The lateral hypothalamus (LH) is involved in the initiation of eating.

This suggest the neurons in the lateral hypothalamus are the ones responsible for telling a mice, and potentially a person, when to stop eating.

To do this, they extracted selective DNA found in the lateral hypothalamus.

Some of its other outputs include projections to the extended amygdala, lateral hypothalamus, and pedunculopontine nucleus.

The orexinergic nucleus in the lateral hypothalamus is the primary orexin projection system in the brain.

We conclude that extracellular amino acid concentration in the lateral hypothalamus is influenced by the composition of food consumed.

No changes in renal function followed lesions in the lateral hypothalamus, sham operation, or application of electric current.

MCH expressing neurons are located within the lateral hypothalamus and zona incerta.

Orexinergic neurons from the lateral hypothalamus output in the RVLM.

The following behavioural classifications result from studies performed on rats, in which lesions were made on the lateral hypothalamus region in the brain.

It is important to note that all this causes (except due to the damage of the lateral hypothalamus) are indirect causes of aphagia.

Rats will perform lever-pressing at rates of several thousand responses per hour for days in order to obtain direct electrical stimulation of the lateral hypothalamus.

The neurotransmitters of these three aforementioned nuclei, which project to the lateral hypothalamus, are serotonin, norepinephrine and histamine respectively.

Key words: orexins (hypocretins), hypothalamus, lateral hypothalamus, feeding behavior, energy homeostasis, neurons.

The MFB passes through the lateral hypothalamus and the basal forebrain in a rostral-caudal direction.

It is lodged primarily in the lateral hypothalamus but has projections all over the cortex, especially the nucleus accumbens, which is the center of reinforcement.

Lateral hypothalamus, which releases orexin, which, as well as its other functions, is excitatory in the locus coeruleus.

Jaak Panksepp, a neuroscientist at Washington State University, calls this impulse, which comes from our lateral hypothalamus, “seeking”.

Evidence suggests that the small rise in blood glucose that occurs after a meal is sensed by glucose-inhibited neurons in the lateral hypothalamus.

Key words: serotonin, food intake, brain microdialysis, lateral hypothalamus, monosodium glutamate obesity, Zucker obesity.

The nucleus raphes dorsalis have been known to project to the lateral hypothalamus, along with the locus coeruleus and the tuberomammillary nucleus.

By activating the BNST neurons, it shut down the neurons in the lateral hypothalamus.