The Human Hypothalamus

1. Introduction: The human hypothalamus and neuropsychiatric disorders <br>SECTION 21  Trauma and iatrogenic disorders<br>2. Chronic traumatic encephalopathy and the nucleus basalis of Meynert <br>SECTION 22  Neurobehavioral disorders<br>3. Hypothalamic stress systems in mood disorders <br>4. Light therapy for mood disorders <br>5. Neurobiology of peripartum mental illness  <br>6. The hypothalamo–pituitary–adrenal axis and the autonomic nervous system in burnout<br>7. Posterior hypothalamus as a target in the treatment of aggression: From lesioning to deep brain stimulation<br>8. The implications of hypothalamic abnormalities for schizophrenia <br>9. The promiscuity of the oxytocin–vasopressin systems and their involvement in autism<br>spectrum disorder <br>SECTION 23  Epilepsy<br>10. Gelastic seizures and the hypothalamic hamartoma syndrome: Epileptogenesis beyond the lesion? <br>11. The interactions between reproductive hormones and epilepsy <br>SECTION 24  Neurodegenerative disorders<br>12. Alternative splicing in aging and Alzheimer's disease: Highlighting the role of tau and estrogen receptor a isoforms in the hypothalamus <br>13. Cholinergic neurodegeneration in Alzheimer disease mouse models <br>14. Autonomic disorders in Parkinson disease: Disrupted hypothalamic connectivity as revealed from resting-state functional magnetic resonance imaging<br>15. Hypothalamic a-synuclein and its relation to autonomic symptoms and neuroendocrine abnormalities in Parkinson disease <br>16. Lewy bodies in the olfactory system and the hypothalamus <br>17. Hypothalamic pathology in Huntington disease <br>18. Endocrine dysfunction in adrenoleukodystrophy <br>19. Hypothalamic symptoms of frontotemporal dementia disorders<br>SECTION 25  Olfactory system<br>20. The vomeronasal organ: History, development, morphology, and functional neuroanatomy <br>21. Pheromone effects on the human hypothalamus in relation to sexual orientation and gender<br>22. Kallmann syndrome and idiopathic hypogonadotropic hypogonadism: The role of semaphorin signaling on GnRH neurons  <br>23. Olfaction as an early marker of Parkinson's disease and Alzheimer's disease <br>SECTION 26  Autonomic and sleep disorders<br>24. The hypothalamus and its role in hypertension <br>25. The heart is lost without the hypothalamus<br>26. Sleep disorders and the hypothalamus <br>SECTION 27  Addiction and pain<br>27. Molecular genetics of neurotransmitters and neuropeptides involved in Internet use disorders including first insights on a potential role of hypothalamus’ oxytocin hormone <br>28. The neurobiology of cluster headache <br>SECTION 28  Critical care and brain-death<br>29. Endocrine interventions in the intensive care unit <br>30. Hypothalamic function in patients diagnosed as brain dead  its practical consequences<br>