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.
Ventral striatum: the nucleus accumbens, the major component of the ventral striatum, represented by a red dot. part of the striatum made up of the nucleus accumbens and olfactory tubercle. The ventral striatum is thought to be involved in reward processing.