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Hypothalamus Hypothalamus hormone production
The hypothalamus is a highly complex structure in the brain that regulates many important brain chemicals. Malfunction of this area of the brain may give rise to cluster headaches.
The hypothalamus is an area of the brain that produces the "controlling" hormones. These hormones regulate body processes such as metabolism, and control the release of hormones from glands like the thyroid, the adrenals and the gonads (testes or ovaries).
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Each of the five senses activates a separate area of the cerebral cortex, the sheet of neurons that makes up the outer layer of the brain's hemispheres. This brain is a computer reconstruction based on data from magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). Approximate locations of the primary sensory areas are shown in color. Most of the activity takes place within convolutions that cannot be seen from the surface of the brain. Photo by: Michael Freeman/MRI Scan by John Belliveau, NMR Center, Massachusetts General Hospital.
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