Table 2.
Brain structure | GH density | GH intensity | GH fiber density |
---|---|---|---|
Diencephalon | |||
hypothalamus | |||
Nucleus circularis | +++ | M | – |
Anteroventral periventricular area | ++ | H | – |
Medial preoptic nucleus | ++ | H | – |
Magnocellular preoptic nucleus | ++ | H | ++ |
Suprachiasmatic nucleus | ++ | M | – |
Lateral preoptic nucleus | ++ | M | – |
Ventrolateral preoptic nucleus | ++ | M | – |
Dorsomedial nucleus | ++ | H | – |
Arcuate nucleus | +++ | H | ++ |
Median eminence | – | – | +++ |
Ventromedial nucleus | + | M | – |
Premammillary nucleus | ++ | M | – |
Supramammillary nucleus | ++ | M | – |
Lateral hypothalamic area | +++ | H | +++ |
Posterior hypothalamic nucleus | ++ | M | – |
Thalamus | |||
Anterodorsal thalamic nucleus | ++ | H | ++ |
Laterodorsal thalamic nucleus | ++ | H | ++ |
Lateroposterior thalamic nucleus | ++ | H | – |
Periaqueductal grey (dorsomedial) | ++ | M | – |
Mesencephalon | |||
Median raphe nucleus | ++ | M | – |
Dorsal raphe nucleus | ++ | M | – |
Interfascicular nucleus | ++ | M | – |
Parabigeminal nucleus | +++ | L | – |
Edinger-Westphall nucleus | + | M | – |
Substantia nigra | +++ | M | – |
Interpeduncular nucleus | +++ | H | +++ |
Nucleus of the posterior commissure | +++ | H | – |
External cortex of inferior colliculus | +++ | H | – |
L, Low; M, medium; H, high; −, not present.