The Human Hypothalamus
Anterior Region
- 1st Edition, Volume 179 - June 15, 2021
- Latest edition
- Editors: Dick F. Swaab, Felix Kreier, Paul J. Lucassen, Ahmad Salehi, Ruud M. Buijs
- Language: English
The Hypothalamus is an important area of the brain for understanding a variety of neurological disorders. This volume summarizes for readers the anatomy and physiology of the an… Read more
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Description
Description
The Hypothalamus is an important area of the brain for understanding a variety of neurological disorders. This volume summarizes for readers the anatomy and physiology of the anterior hypothalamus, to better understand pathology and treatment of hypothalamus related disorders. In addition to anatomy and physiology in humans, cytoarchitecture and chemoarchitecture in rodents is provided. The volume explores the role of the hypothalamus in disorders of eating, sleeping, anxiety, and mood, as well as its role in sexual behavior and gender identity. Coverage includes how Parkinson’s, Alzheimer’s and other neurological disorders relate to the hypothalamus.
Key features
Key features
- Reviews the anatomy and physiology of the anterior hypothalamus
- Provides cytoarchitecture and chemoarchitecture from rodents
- Discusses hypothalamic related disorders of eating, sleeping, anxiety, and mood
- Covers how Parkinson’s, Alzheimer’s and other neurological disorders relate to the hypothalamus
- Explores the role of the hypothalamus in sexual behavior and gender identity
Readership
Readership
Table of contents
Table of contents
1. Introduction: The anterior hypothalamus
2. History of hypothalamic research: “The spring of primitive existence”
3. Anatomy and cytoarchitectonics of the human hypothalamus
4. Morphology and distribution of hypothalamic peptidergic systems
5. MRI maps, segregation, and white matter connectivity of the human hypothalamus in health
6. Magnetic resonance imaging of the hypothalamo–pituitary region
7. Resting-state functional connectivity of the human hypothalamus
8. Neurogenesis in the adult hypothalamus: A distinct form of structural plasticity involved in metabolic and circadian regulation, with potential relevance for human pathophysiology
9. Matching of the postmortem hypothalamus from patients and controls
SECTION 2 The basal forebrain cholinergic system
10. Spatial topography of the basal forebrain cholinergic projections: Organization and vulnerability to degeneration
11. The diagonal band of Broca in health and disease
12. Nucleus basalis of Meynert degeneration predicts cognitive impairment in Parkinson's disease
13. Enlargement of early endosomes and traffic jam in basal forebrain cholinergic neurons in Alzheimer's disease
14. Gene and cell therapy for the nucleus basalis of Meynert with NGF in Alzheimer's disease
SECTION 3 The circadian system
15. The circadian system: From clocks to physiology
16. Development of the circadian system and relevance of periodic signals for neonatal development
17. Disrupted circadian rhythms and mental health
18. Diurnal and seasonal molecular rhythms in the human brain and their relation to Alzheimer disease
19. Circadian changes in Alzheimer's disease: Neurobiology, clinical problems, and therapeutic opportunities
20. The circadian system in Parkinson's disease, multiple system atrophy, and progressive supranuclear palsy
21. Retina and melanopsin neurons
22. Melatonin and the circadian system: Keys for health with a focus on sleep
23. Melatonin receptors, brain functions, and therapies
24. Chronotherapy
25. The use of melatonin to mitigate the adverse metabolic side effects of antipsychotics
SECTION 4 Bed nucleus of the stria terminalis and the fear circuit
26. Chemoarchitecture of the bed nucleus of the stria terminalis: Neurophenotypic diversity and function
27. Functional anatomy of the bed nucleus of the stria terminalis–hypothalamus neural circuitry: Implications for valence surveillance, addiction, feeding, and social behaviors
28. Roles of the bed nucleus of the stria terminalis and amygdala in fear reactions
SECTION 5 Preoptic area
29. The median preoptic nucleus: A major regulator of fluid, temperature, sleep, and cardiovascular homeostasis
30. The neuroendocrinology of the preoptic area in menopause: Symptoms and therapeutic strategies
31. The intermediate nucleus in humans: Cytoarchitecture, chemoarchitecture, and relation to sleep, sex, and Alzheimer disease
Product details
Product details
- Edition: 1
- Latest edition
- Volume: 179
- Published: August 23, 2021
- Language: English
About the editors
About the editors
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Dick F. Swaab
Dick Swaab (1944) earned his medical and doctoral degrees at the University of Amsterdam, where he became involved in brain research during his third year of medical school. He was Director of the Netherlands Institute for Brain Research from 1978 to 2005. Since 1979 he is Professor of Neurobiology at the Medical Faculty, University of Amsterdam.
In 1985, Dr. Swaab founded the Netherlands Brain Bank (NBB) to serve as a source of clinically and neuropathologically well-documented research tissue. Since its founding, the Brain Bank has provided samples from more than 4,000 autopsies to 500 research groups in 25 countries. He was director of the NBB until 2005.
He is Leader Research team Neuropsychiatric Disorders, Neth. Inst for Neuroscience, an institute of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences (KNAW). Swaab is also appointed for 2011-2017 Chao Kuang Piu Chair of Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, P.R. China.
His major research interests focus on, sexual differentiation of the human brain in relation to gender identity and sexual orientation, aging of the brain, Alzheimer’s disease, the neurobiological basis of depression, suicide and eating disorders. He has published over 540 papers in SCI journals, authored more than 200 chapters in books, and edited more than 60 books. Swaab mentored 84 PhD students from which 16 are now full professor. He is “Companion in the Order of the Dutch Lion”, bestowed by her Royal Majesty Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands. In 2008 Swaab obtained the Academy medal for his role in national and international neuroscience.
Dick Swaab is author of the 2 volume monograph The Human Hypothalamus that appeared in the Handbook of Clinical Neurology series, Elsevier, Amsterdam (1000 pp) and the Dutch best seller We are our Brains (450.000 copies sold), that is translated in 14 languages. A children's version of the book (You are your brains) has also appeared in Dutch in 2013 and Russian (2014). Swaab's H-factor is 76.
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Felix Kreier
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Paul J. Lucassen
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Ahmad Salehi
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