HYPOTHALAMIC

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does hypothalamic mean? 

• HYPOTHALAMIC (adjective)
  The adjective HYPOTHALAMIC has 1 sense:

1. of or relating to the hypothalamus

  Familiarity information: HYPOTHALAMIC used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• HYPOTHALAMIC (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Of or relating to the hypothalamus

Classified under:

Relational adjectives (pertainyms)

Pertainym:

hypothalamus (a basal part of the diencephalon governing autonomic nervous system)

Derivation:

hypothalamus (a basal part of the diencephalon governing autonomic nervous system)

 Context examples 

TF-5 may also modulate the secretion of some hypothalamic peptides and pituitary hormones, including prolactin and growth hormone.

(Human Thymosin-Fraction 5, NCI Thesaurus)

Halazepam potentiates the inhibitory activities of gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA) by binding to the benzodiazepine-GABA-A-chloride ionophore receptor complex located in the limbic, thalamic, and hypothalamic regions of the central nervous system (CNS).

(Halazepam, NCI Thesaurus)

This agent's analgesic effect is mediated through peripheral and central pathways, resulting in a decrease in pain perception; its antipyretic effect is mediated via the hypothalamic heat regulation center.

(Choline magnesium trisalicylate, NCI Thesaurus)

Phentermine, which was part of the Fen-Phen anti-obesity medication, stimulates hypothalamic release of norepinephrine, a neurotransmitter involved in stress responses (fight-or-flight reactions), and reduces hunger sensation.

(Phentermine, NCI Thesaurus)

Electrical recordings and tracing experiments showed that many of the hypothalamic MCH cells sent inhibitory messages, via long stringy axons, to the hippocampus, the brain’s memory center.

(The brain may actively forget during dream sleep, National Institutes of Health)

The allele is also involved in the regulation of lipid metabolism through hypothalamic effects, angiogenesis, lymphopoiesis, and possibly reproduction.

(LEPR wt Allele, NCI Thesaurus)

It is characterized by a spectrum of abnormalities which include polydactyly, cutaneous syndactyly, bifid epiglottis, hypothalamic hamartoma, and laryngotracheal cleft.

(Pallister-Hall Syndrome, NCI Thesaurus)

In a hyperthermic state, the hypothalamic set-point is normal but body temperature increases and overrides the ability to lose heat, resulting from exogenous heat exposure or endogenous heat production.

(Hyperthermia, NCI Thesaurus)

LEPR appears involved in regulation of fat metabolism through hypothalamic effects, angiogenesis, lymphopoiesis, and possibly reproduction.

(Leptin Receptor, NCI Thesaurus)

Ethchlorvynol appears to depress the central nervous system by binding at a benzodiazepine-GABA-A-chloride ionophore receptor complex, located in the limbic, thalamic and hypothalamic regions of the central nervous system (CNS).

(Ethchlorvynol, NCI Thesaurus)