What is role of hypothalamus?

Answer 1

The hypothalamus is responsible for the production, dissemination, or utilization of virtually every neurotransmitter or hormone in the human body. in other words, it is what makes us human.

Can we exist without it? Yes. Can we LIVE without it? No.

I had my hypothalamus destroyed when i had a stroke 15 years ago, and i still exist. BUT, I have never felt any sort of good emotion/feeling since that day. I cannot feel intense pleasure, nor can I love. I cannot even feel the sick, but pleasurable, feeling of instinctive fear.

The most important role that it has is the production of Oxytocin. Without this, you cannot love, or orgasm, and, without it you become a social pariah -- people are instinctively repelled by you, as it produces a feeling of trust in other people for you.

It, apparently, is in control of our aging process, too. Before the stroke, I could get away with saying that I was 8 years younger than my chronological age, now, I am 53, but can be mistaken for a 73 years old.

It is so very important to a human, far more important than any other part of your brain. I would have chosen to die when I had the stroke if i had known what grief the damage to my brain would cause me, and to those who once loved me.