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Hypothalamus

The hypothalamus is a small part of the brain that does an amazing number of your body’s housekeeping chores. Alcohol upsets the hypothalamus’s work. After drinking alcohol, blood pressure, hunger, thirst, and the urge to urinate increase while body temperature and heart rate decrease.

• Cerebral Cortex
• Central Nervous System
• Frontal Lobes
• Hippocampus
• Cerebellum
• Hypothalamus
• Medulla