Hypothalamus | Brain-inter-atlas

Borders the 3^rd ventricle as part of its lower lateral wall
Behind the optic chiasm
Medial to the optic tract
Anterior to the cerebellar peduncle
Structures identified by external configuration:
- Mammillary bodies
- Tuber cinereum
- Infundibulum

Inferior view of the forebrain
Medial view of the left cerebral hemisphere
Coronal section through the anterior commissure
Coronal section through the columns of the fornix
Axial section through the lower half of the thalamus

Hypothalamic areas and nuclei

Lateral hypothalamic region
group of nuclei separated fro the rest of the hypothalamic nuclei by the fornix
Anterior hypothalamic region
Intermediate hypothalamic region
Posterior hypothalamic area
- Posterior hypothalamic nucleus
- Nuclei of the mammillary bodies
  ending of the fornix columns