If you are maintaining your current body weight, you are in caloric balance. If you need to gain weight or to lose weight, you'll need to tip the balance scale in one direction or another to achieve your goal.
The ventral posterior nucleus is the somato-sensory relay nucleus in thalamus of the brain. Ventral posterolateral nucleus, which receives sensory information from the body. 2  Ventral posteromedial nucleus, which receives sensory information from the head and face via the trigeminal nerve.
No, the ventromedial hypothalamus (VMH) is not a reptile, it's part of the brain that deals with several body systems. This long scientific name can be broken into three component parts that mostly describe its location in the brain. 'ventral' is belly or front,