Adams A E
MMW Munch Med Wochenschr. 1975 Feb 14;117(7):231-6.
The hypothalamus is a small group of receptors for visceral control, receiving influences from other parts of the nervous system. In turn, some hypothalamic nuclei send efferent impulses to the neurohypophysis, back along limbic pathways to the cortex and down to the autonomic centers in the brain stem. Not all the experimental observations on lower vertebrates can be applied to hypothalamic nuclear areas and connections in man. Therefore, knowledge of such functions and clinical syndromes as those relating to regulation of cardiovascular system, temperature, feeding, drinking, electrolyte balance and the sleeping-waking cycle continues to be incomplete.
下丘脑是一小群负责内脏控制的感受器，接收来自神经系统其他部分的影响。反过来，一些下丘脑核会沿着边缘通路向神经垂体发送传出冲动，回到大脑皮层，并向下传至脑干中的自主神经中枢。并非所有关于低等脊椎动物的实验观察结果都能应用于人类的下丘脑核区域及其连接。因此，对于诸如与心血管系统调节、体温、进食、饮水、电解质平衡以及睡眠-觉醒周期相关的功能和临床综合征的认识仍然不完整。
