Schwartz W J, Busis N A, Hedley-Whyte E T
J Neurol. 1986 Feb;233(1):1-4. doi: 10.1007/BF00313981.
A patient with a discrete metastasis in the ventral hypothalamus and optic chiasm is reported, who developed an abnormal daily rhythm of oral temperature without alteration of the 24-h mean temperature. This region, its afferents, and its efferents appear to be important in the neural regulation of human circadian rhythmicity.