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  • noun Plural form of hypothalamus.

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Examples

  • 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.

    Meet the New Bosses « Whatever 2008

  • 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.

    Andrew V. Schally - Autobiography 1978

  • 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.

    IX. Neurology. 2. Development of the Nervous System 1918

  • The diencephalon comprises: (1) the thalamencephalon; (2) the pars mamillaris hypothalami; and (3) the posterior part of the third ventricle.

    IX. Neurology. 4c. The Fore-brain or Prosencephalon 1918

  • —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).

    IX. Neurology. 4c. The Fore-brain or Prosencephalon 1918

  • 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.

    IX. Neurology. 2. Development of the Nervous System 1918

  • 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 ventricle—structures which properly belong to the telencephalon.

    IX. Neurology. 4c. The Fore-brain or Prosencephalon 1918

  • The UC Berkeley researchers extracted two versions of the hormone from human brains (five human hypothalami).

    Health News from Medical News Today 2009

  • The UC Berkeley researchers extracted two versions of the hormone from human brains (five human hypothalami).

    Health News from Medical News Today 2009

  • Behavioral data were recorded, whole hypothalami were collected, and microarray hybridizations were performed.

    ScienceBlogs Channel : Life Science 2009

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