Arcuate Nucleus of the Hypothalamus: Anatomy, Physiology, and Diseases
Juhyun Song, Seok-Yong Choi · 2023
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Description
Deep in the brain's hypothalamus sits a small crescent of neurons that referees appetite, body weight, and reproduction at once. Juhyun Song and Seok-Yong Choi review the arcuate nucleus in 2023, its anatomy, its cell types, and the diseases that follow when its wiring breaks.
The nucleus mixes hormone-sensing neuroendocrine cells with neurons projecting into the wider brain, letting blood-borne signals about fat stores and nutrients steer behavior and glands. Because it guards the balance of nutrition, metabolism, and fertility together, mutations in its genes surface as disorders across all three. The review gathers the neuron catalog and the genetic disease list into one map for clinicians and researchers.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Juhyun Song, Seok-Yong Choi |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2023 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 24 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |