Ventromedial: mediates satiety; destruction leads to hyperphagia
Lateral: mediates hunger; destruction leads to anorexia
Anterior: mediates heat dissipation; destruction leads to hyperthermia - AC for anterior cooling
Posterior: mediates heat mediates heat conservation; destruction leads to hypothermia - HOT POT
Arcuate: secretion of dopamine and inhibits prolactin, GHRH
Medial preoptic: Secretion of GnRH, regulates sexual behavior - Implicated in Kallmann syndrome a failure of GnRH-producing neurons to migrate from the olfactory pit
Paraventricular: Secretion of oxytocin, CRH, TRH, & small amounts of ADH - POX
Supraoptic: Secretion of ADH & small amounts of oxytocin - SAD
Suprachiasmatic: Circadian rhythm regulation & pineal gland. In particular, it processes light information from the retina and modulates body temperature and the production of hormones such as melatonin and cortisol. This structure also plays an important role in Jet Lag, or insomnia and daytime sleepiness that one experiences when traveling across the world. - SCN - Sun Censing Nucleus
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Taking this from UWorld:
Major functions of the hypothalamic nuclei