Fig. 3
From: A high-resolution in vivo magnetic resonance imaging atlas of the human hypothalamic region
3D reconstruction featuring the topographic relationships between the hypothalamus and surrounding gray and white matter structures. (a) frontal view; (b) occipital view; (c) sagittal view of the hypothalamus (red) and surrounding structures (gray); (d) sagittal view of the medial surface of the right hypothalamus (red) and surrounding structures (gray). The anterior confines of the hypothalamus are comprised of the diagonal band of Broca (dB) and the anterior commissure (ac). The latter is directly neighbored by the bed nucleus of the stria terminalis (BNST) as well as the fornix (fx), which penetrates through the hypothalamus and terminates in the mammillary bodies (MM). Along with the mammillothalamic tract (mt), the fornix and mammillary bodies form part of the Papez circuit. The lateral boundary of the hypothalamus is formed by the subthalamic nucleus (STN), substantia nigra (SN), zona incerta (ZI), and red nucleus (RN). The lateral border is extended anteriorly by the inferior thalamic peduncle (ithp).
