Anterior hypothalamic nucleus

Brain: Anterior hypothalamic nucleus

Anterior hypothalamic nucleus is 'AH', at center left, in blue.
Latin	nucleus anterior hypothalami
NeuroNames	hier-369
MeSH	Anterior+hypothalamic+nucleus
Dorlands/Elsevier	n_11/12580248

The Anterior hypothalamic nucleus is a nucleus of the hypothalamus.

Its function is thermoregulation (the maintenance of body temperature between certain parameters) of the body.

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Epithalamus	Pineal body • Habenula (Habenular nuclei) • Stria medullaris • Habenular trigone • Habenular commissure

Thalamus/nuclei	paired: AN • Ventral (VA/VL, VP/VPM/VPL) • Lateral (Pulvinar) • Metathalamus (MG, LG) midline: MD • Intralaminar (Centromedian) • Midline nuclear group • Interthalamic adhesion • Medullary laminae surface: reticular tracts to thalamus: Mammillothalamic tract • Thalamic fasciculus • Lenticular fasciculus • Ansa lenticularis • Medial lemniscus • Trigeminal lemniscus • Spinothalamic tract • Lateral lemniscus

Hypothalamus	autonomic zones: Anterior (parasympathetic/heat loss) • Posterior (sympathetic/heat conservation) endocrine - posterior pituitary: magnocellular/Paraventricular/Supraoptic (oxytocin/vasopressin) endocrine - other: parvocellular/Arcuate (dopamine/GHRH) • Preoptic (GnRH) • Suprachiasmatic (melatonin) emotion: Lateral (hunger) • Ventromedial (satiety) • Dorsomedial (rage) surface: Median eminence/Tuber cinereum • Mammillary body • Infundibulum tracts: Medial forebrain bundle Pituitary: (Posterior is diencephalon, but anterior is glandular)

Subthalamus	Subthalamic nucleus • Zona incerta