Chronic cases can present the atrophy of the mammillary bodies.
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Neuroanatomists have often categorized the mammillary bodies as part of the hypothalamus.
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In spite of this the exact function of the mammillary bodies is still not clear.
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Amnesia can be a result of disconnection of the mammillary bodies from the Papez circuit.
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The mammillothalamic fasciculus then connects the mammillary body to the dorsal tegmental nuclei, the ventral tegmental nuclei, and the anterior thalamic nucleus
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The "'tuber cinereum "'is a hollow eminence of gray matter situated between the mammillary bodies and the optic chiasm.
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Temporal lobe lesions also cause transneuronal degeneration, the effects of which can be seen in the fornix, mammillary bodies, and contralateral cerebellum.
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Using magnetic resonance imaging ( MRI ), the scientists discovered that people with sleep apnea have mammillary bodies that are about 20 percent smaller, particularly on the left side.
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The mammillotegmental fasciculus emerges from the principal mammillary fasciculus of the mammillary body and travels dorsally together with the mammillothalamic tract before splitting off and turning caudally to enter the spinal column.
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Mammillary body atrophy is present in a number of other conditions, such as colloid cysts in the third ventricle, Alzheimer s disease, schizophrenia, heart failure, and sleep apnea.
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