Hypothalamus
The hypothalamus regulates:
- Sex hormones
- Blood Pressure
- Body temp
- Sleep
- Appetite
Functions:
- Autonomic control
- Temperature regulation
- Thirst and appetite
- Endocrine control
- Emotional reactions
- Sleep and wakefulness
- Stress response
- Hormones synthesized & released
- Talks to pituitary
Function:
- Bridges internal homeostasis and outside environment
- Assoc w/ raw emotions of pleasure, reward, aversion and rage
- Involved in hunger, thirst, water balance, regulation of temp, circadian rhythms and stress response
- Eating, emotional instability, rage
- Changes in temp, sleep and sex func
- Uncontrolled laughter and crying
- Aggression, violence, anorexia, depression altered sleep-wake cycle
