2-Minute Neuroscience: Hypothalamus & Pituitary Gland

The hypothalamus is a small but crucial part of the brain It controls functions such as sleep and growth View a 3-D diagram and learn

Your pituitary gland is a small, pea-sized endocrine gland located at the base of your brain below your hypothalamus It releases several important

hypothalamus The hypothalamus has the greatest concentration of nuclei at which set points are encoded, monitored and controlled, and so can be considered as the key brain

hypothalamus Hypothalamus and Pituitary The pituitary gland consists of two lobes