1. Introduction: The middle and posterior hypothalamus SECTION 6 Supraoptic and paraventricular nucleus more than a neuroendocrine system 2. Vasopressin and oxytocin beyond the pituitary in the human brain 3. Central and peripheral release of oxytocin: Relevance of neuroendocrine and neurotransmitter actions for physiology and behavior 4. Organization of the neuroendocrine and autonomic hypothalamic paraventricular nucleus 5. Sex differences of oxytocin and vasopressin in social behaviors 6. Oxytocin, eating behavior, and metabolism in humans 7. The supraoptic and paraventricular nuclei in healthy aging and neurodegeneration 8. Perinatal stress and epigenetics 9. The hypothalamus in anxiety disorders 10. Congenital isolated central hypothyroidism: Novel mutations and their functional implications SECTION 7 Zona incerta 11. The zona incerta system: Involvement in attention and movement SECTION 8 Ventromedial nucleus and dorsomedial nucleus 12. The role of the dorsomedial and ventromedial hypothalamus in regulating behaviorally coupled and resting autonomic drive SECTION 9 Circumventricular organs of the hypothalamus 13. The subfornical organ and organum vasculosum of the lamina terminalis: Critical roles in cardiovascular regulation and the control of fluid balance 14. Lamina terminalis fenestration: An important neurosurgical corridor 15. Arcuate nucleus, median eminence, and hypophysial pars tuberalis 16. Tanycytes in the infundibular nucleus and median eminence and their role in the blood-brain barrier 17. The human hypothalamic kisspeptin system: Functional neuroanatomy and clinical perspectives 18. Kisspeptin and neurokinin B expression in the human hypothalamus: Relation to reproduction and gender identity 19. The infundibular peptidergic neurons and glia cells in overeating, obesity, and diabetes 20. Hypothalamus and weight loss in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis SECTION 10 Lateral tuberal nucleus SECTION 11 Lateral hypothalamic area, perifornical area 21. The orexin/hypocretin system in neuropsychiatric disorders: Relation to signs and symptoms 22. Pleasure, addiction, and hypocretin (orexin) SECTION 12 Tuberomamillary complex 23. Histamine receptors, agonists, and antagonists in health and disease 24. The tuberomamillary nucleus in neuropsychiatric disorders SECTION 13 Subthalamic nucleus 25. Imaging of the human subthalamic nucleus 26. Neuropsychiatric effects of subthalamic deep brain stimulation 27. The subthalamic nucleus and the placebo effect in Parkinson's disease SECTION 14 Corpora mamillaria, fornix, and mamillothalamic tract 28. Electrical stimulation of the fornix for the treatment of brain diseases 29. The contribution of mamillary body damage to Wernicke's encephalopathy and Korsakoff's syndrome