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...7-106 PMID 8298999 ''"Neuropeptide Y (NPY) injection into the hypothalamic paraventricular nucleus (PVN) stimulates feeding behavior and specifically carbohydrate

...neuron]]s whose cell bodies are mainly in the [[supraoptic nucleus]] and [[paraventricular nucleus]] of the [[hypothalamus]]. Some are also found in smaller numbers in access ...and these are the ''only'' neurons present in the supraoptic nucleus. The paraventricular nucleus also contains many magnocellular neurons, but contains many other neuronal

...r, a [[neuropeptide]] that is secreted by neuroendocrine neurones of the [[paraventricular nucleus]] of the[[hypothalamus]] into the hypothalamo-hypophysial portal circulatio

...ed areas. Dots represent [[vasopressin]] (AVP) neurons (also seen in the [[paraventricular nucleus]], PVN). The medial surface is the 3rd ventricle (3V), with more lateral to ...o the nerve endings. Similar magnocellular neurons are also found in the [[paraventricular nucleus]].

...ns including the [[vasopressin]] cells of the [[supraoptic nucleus]] and [[paraventricular nucleus]] and by neurones in the arcuate nucleus (it is also produced in the [[pitu

...the anterior [[hypothalamus]], notably in the [[supraoptic nucleus]] and [[paraventricular nucleus]]. In the rat, there are about 18,000 magnocellular neurons is all, about h

...ticosteroid production. The SCN also projects to the dorsal parvicellular paraventricular nucleus, (PVHd) which projects to sympathetic preganglionic neurons which regulate

..., and even small nuclei within it can have many different functions. The [[paraventricular nucleus]], for instance, contains [[oxytocin]] and [[vasopressin]] neurons which pr ...Glucocorticoid receptors are very widespread throughout the brain; in the paraventricular nucleus they mediate negative feedback control of [[CRF]] synthesis and secretion,

...a peptide hormone which is synthesised by neuroendocrine neurones in the [[paraventricular nucleus]] (PVN) of the hypothalamus and released from the [[median eminence]] into ...he hypothalamus, including to the [[lateral hypothalamus]] (LH), and the [[paraventricular nucleus]] (PVN). PVN stimulation causes inhibition of eating, whilst LH stimulation

...or, the bulk of which is synthesized by the magnocellular neurons of the [[paraventricular nucleus|paraventricular]] and [[supraoptic nucleus|supraoptic]] nuclei of the [[hyp The neurons that make vasopressin, in the [[supraoptic nucleus]] and [[paraventricular nucleus]], are themselves osmoreceptors, but they also receive synaptic input from

..."comfort eating." Again, the hypothalamus is critically important - the [[paraventricular nucleus]] of the hypothalamus is the major control centre of the [[hypothalamo-pitu

...e cell bodies of these neurons are in the [[supraoptic nucleus]] and the [[paraventricular nucleus]], and their electrical activity is regulated by afferent synaptic inputs f

...:PVN-OT.png|thumb|300 px| Oxytocin neurons immunolabelled (red) in the rat paraventricular nucleus.]] ...]] of the pituitary gland. Oxytocin is also made by some neurons in the [[paraventricular nucleus]] that project to other parts of the brain and to the [[spinal cord]]. In t

...:PVN-OT.png|thumb|300 px| Oxytocin neurons immunolabelled (red) in the rat paraventricular nucleus.]] ...]] of the pituitary gland. Oxytocin is also made by some neurons in the [[paraventricular nucleus]] that project to other parts of the brain and to the [[spinal cord]]. In t

...e brain, but eventually it acts upon certain neuroendocrine cells in the [[paraventricular nucleus]] of the [[hypothalamus]]. These cells transform the nervous signals into a

In the [[supraoptic nucleus]] and [[paraventricular nucleus]] of the [[hypothalamus]], astrocytic processes ensheathe the somata and de