Table 1.

Grouping of the hypothalamic nuclei into subunits, according to Bocchetta et al. (2015); Makris et al. (2013).

Subunit	Nuclei included
Anterior-superior (a-sHyp)	preoptic area; paraventricular nucleus (PVN)
Anterior-inferior (a-iHyp)	suprachiasmatic nucleus; supraoptic nucleus (SON)
Superior tubular (supTub)	dorsomedial nucleus; PVN; lateral hypothalamus
Inferior tubular (infTub)	infundibular (or arcuate) nucleus; ventromedial nucleus; SON; lateral tubular nucleus; tuberomamillary nucleus (TMN)
Posterior (posHyp)	mamillary body (including medial and lateral mamillary nuclei); lateral hypothalamus; TMN