Hypothalamus in Health and Diseases

Stavros J. Baloyannis; Jan Oxholm Gordeladze

doi:10.5772/intechopen.69694

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Hypothalamus in Health and Diseases

Edited by Stavros Baloyannis

Aristotle University of Thessaloniki

Co-editor:

Jan Gordeladze

The human hypothalamus, a small structure at the base of the brain, has strategic importance for the harmonic function of the human body. It controls the autonomic nervous system, neuroendocrine function, circadian and circannual rhythms, somatic activities, and behavior, and is situated at the borders between the brain and the body and the brain and the soul, meeting points for mind and body. The hypothalamus is involved in a wide range of higher mental functions, including attention, learning and reinforcement of mnemonic processes, emotional control, mood stability, and cognitive-emotional interactions. It also has a role to play in behavioral disorders, panic reactions, cluster headache, gelastic epilepsy, mental deficiency, periodic disorders, depression, autism, and schizophrenia, and in a substantial number of neurodegenerative diseases. It enlarges greatly the dimensions of the hypothalamic contribution in controlling psychosomatic equilibrium and retaining internal unity of the human existence.

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Hypothalamus in Health and DiseasesEdited by Stavros Baloyannis

Published: December 5th 2018

DOI: 10.5772/intechopen.69694

ISBN: 978-1-78984-445-0

Print ISBN: 978-1-78984-444-3

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chapters		Downloads
Open access peer-reviewed 1. Anatomy and Function of the Hypothalamus By Miana Gabriela Pop, Carmen Crivii and Iulian Opincariu		122
Open access peer-reviewed 2. Studies on the Character of Hypothalamic GnRH Neurons and Kisspeptin Neurons Using Hypothalamic Cell Models By Haruhiko Kanasaki, Aki Oride, Tuvshintugs Tumurbaatar and Satoru Kyo		82
Open access peer-reviewed 3. Hypothalamic Control of Sleep-Wake Circadian Cycle By Miguel Meira e Cruz, Sérgio Matoso Laranjo and Isabel Rocha		86
Open access peer-reviewed 4. Role of the Dorso- and Ventrolateral Pons in Cardiorespiratory Hypothalamic Defense Responses By Amelia Díaz-Casares, Manuel Víctor López-González and Marc Stefan Dawid-Milner		100
Open access peer-reviewed 5. The Hypothalamus in Alzheimer’s Disease By Stavros J. Baloyannis, Ioannis Mavroudis, Demetrios Mitilineos, Ioannis S. Baloyannis and Vassiliki G. Costa		105
Open access peer-reviewed 6. The Apoptosis Regulation Mechanisms in Hypothalamic Neurons in Physiological and Pathological (Overexpression of Oncogene HER-2/Neu) Aging By Elena D. Bazhanova and David L. Teply		100

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