part of part of hypothalamus regional part of brain dorsal hypothalamic area nucleus hypothalamicus dorsalis In humans it contains the following nuclei: portions of the dorsomedial nucleus [TA] (nucleus dorsomedialis [TA]), endopeduncular nucleus [TA]) (nucleus endopeduncularis [TA]), and portions of the nucleus of the ansa lenticularis (nucleus ansae lenticularis Brain structure which is the dorsal most region of the hypothalamus and expands laterally and emerges caudal to the ventral zone and is separated from the median tuberal portion by a deep ventral sulcus. From Neuroanatomy of the Zebrafish Brain[ZFA:0000347, ISBN:3764351209, ZFA:curator]. BM:Die-Hy-HDA neuronames:430 BAMS:HDA BAMS:DHA BAMS:DA area dorsalis hypothalami FMA:62339 A relatively small region of the hypothalamus located inferior to the hypothalamic sulcus. UBERON:0002954 BIRNLEX:777 area hypothalamica dorsalis UMLS:C0175318 DH ZFA:0000347 ). DHBA:13335 dorsal hypothalamic zone