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- noun Plural form of
hypothalamus .
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Examples
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Around the middle of December I was given an early Christmas gift – a kitty tree, which appeals to their hypothalami and overlooks the Outside, from they are unfairly barred.
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P. Brazeau and collaborators in 1973 announced the isolation and structure of ovine somatostatin, we purified this hormone from porcine hypothalami, determined its structure and synthesized it.
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In the basal laminæ and floor-plate the pars optica hypothalami is developed; this comprises the anterior part of the tuber cinereum, the infundibulum and posterior lobe of the hypophysis, and the optic chiasma.
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The diencephalon comprises: (1) the thalamencephalon; (2) the pars mamillaris hypothalami; and (3) the posterior part of the third ventricle.
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The telencephalon includes: (1) the cerebral hemispheres with their cavities, the lateral ventricles; and (2) the pars optica hypothalami and the anterior portion of the third ventricle (already described under the diencephalon).
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From the basal laminæ of the diencephalon the pars mamillaris hypothalami is developed; this comprises the corpora mamillaria and the posterior part of the tuber cinereum.
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For descriptive purposes, however, it is more convenient to consider the whole of the third ventricle and its boundaries together; this necessitates the inclusion, under this heading, of the pars optica hypothalami and the corresponding part of the third ventriclestructures which properly belong to the telencephalon.
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The UC Berkeley researchers extracted two versions of the hormone from human brains (five human hypothalami).
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The UC Berkeley researchers extracted two versions of the hormone from human brains (five human hypothalami).
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Behavioral data were recorded, whole hypothalami were collected, and microarray hybridizations were performed.
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