ventromedial hypothalamus
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A distinct nucleus within the hypothalamus that plays a critical role in regulating hunger, fear, and social behaviors.
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The human ventromedial hypothalamus contains roughly 3,000 neurons across both sides.
“The ventromedial hypothalamus is a nucleus, meaning a small collection of neurons, only about 1500 neurons on one side of your brain and a matching 1,500 neurons on the other side of your brain.”
Open the episode · Essentials: Understanding & Controlling AggressionListen at 10:16
The ventromedial hypothalamus is necessary and sufficient for aggressive behavior.
“Experiments done by David Anderson's lab at Caltech were really the first to parse the fine circuitry and to really show that the ventromedial hypothalamus is both necessary and sufficient for aggressive behavior.”
Open the episode · Essentials: Understanding & Controlling AggressionListen at 10:58
Stronger optogenetic VMH activation makes animals easier to provoke into fighting.
“the more strongly you drive this region of the brain optogenetically, the more of just a hair trigger you. You need to set the animal off to get it to fight.”
Open the episode · Essentials: The Biology of Aggression, Mating & Arousal | Dr. David AndersonListen at 11:42
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