dorsomedial hypothalamic nucleus

The dorsomedial hypothalamic nucleus is a nucleus of the hypothalamus.

The dorsomedial hypothalamic nucleus (DMH) receives its circadian information from the superchiasmic nucleus and senses leptin and other feeding cues, but it is also very possible that it contains its own feeding-entrained oscillator (FEO).

The dorsomedial hypothalamic nucleus receives information from neurons and humors involved in feeding regulation, body weight and energy consumption, and then passes this information on to brain regions involved in sleep and wakefulness regulation, body temperature and corticosteroid secretion.