Ventromedial nucleus

The ventromedial nucleus of the hypothalamus (sometimes referred to as the ventromedial hypothalamus) has two parts; The superior and anterior parts. The superior part of the ventromedial hypothalamus is responsible for satiety. This means if it is taken out of an animal, the animal will overeat because there is nothing telling the body that the animal is satisfied. The anterior part is responsible for the female sexual drive.

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Prosencephalon (forebrain)

DIENCEPHALON: third ventricle, interventricular foramina, optic chiasm

epithalamus: pineal body, habenula, habenular nuclei

hypothalamus: anterior (paraventricular nucleus, supraoptic nucleus, suprachiasmatic nucleus), intermediate (pituitary gland, anterior pituitary, posterior pituitary, infundibulum, median eminence, arcuate nucleus, ventromedial nucleus), posterior (posterior nucleus, mammillary body)

subthalamus: zona incerta, subthalamic nucleus

thalamus: pulvinar, medial geniculate nucleus, lateral geniculate nucleus, thalamic reticular nucleus

TELENCEPHALON: cerebral cortex, cerebral hemispheres, primary sensory areas, primary sulci (medial longitudinal fissure, lateral, central, cingulate)

frontal lobe: superior frontal gyrus (6, 8), middle frontal gyrus (Broca's area, prefrontal cortex, 44, 45, 46), inferior frontal gyrus (pars opercularis, 11, 47), orbitofrontal cortex (9, 10), precentral gyrus (primary motor cortex, 4), precentral sulcus

parietal lobe: postcentral gyrus (1, 2, 3), superior parietal lobule (5), inferior parietal lobule (39, 40), precuneus (7), postcentral sulcus

occipital lobe: primary visual cortex (17), cuneus, 18, 19

temporal lobe: superior temporal gyrus (38, 22-Wernicke's area, 41-42-primary auditory cortex), transverse temporal gyrus, middle temporal gyrus (21), inferior temporal gyrus (37), fusiform gyrus (20),

limbic lobe/fornicate gyrus: parahippocampal gyrus (piriform cortex, entorhinal cortex, 25, 27, 34, 35, 36), cingulate cortex/cingulate gyrus, anterior cingulate (24, 32, 33), posterior cingulate (23, 26, 29, 30, 31)

subcortical/insular cortex: rhinencephalon, olfactory bulb, corpus callosum, lateral ventricles, septum pellucidum, ependyma, hippocampus (dentate gyrus, cornu ammonis, subiculum, alveus), basal ganglia (striatum, caudate nucleus, lentiform nucleus, putamen, globus pallidus, claustrum, extreme capsule, amygdala, nucleus accumbens), internal capsule, corona radiata, external capsule

Other prosencephalon neural pathways: arcuate fasciculus, corticospinal tract, dopamine pathways (mesocortical, mesolimbic, nigrostriatal, tuberoinfundibular)

Some categorizations are approximations, and some Brodmann areas span gyri.