“…The hypothalamus presents along its acroterminal domain (AT) at least two postulated AP dimension organizers (alar and basal AT of Puelles, 2017 ), possibly set in place under prechordal, anterior visceral endoderm and ANR influence. The alar and basal parts of the AT express genes coding for SHH receptors (e.g., LRP2, Christ et al, 2012 ), Shh response elements ( Gli3 , Haddad-Tóvolli et al, 2015 ), SHH repressors ( Tbx2/3 , Manning et al, 2006 ; Pontecorvi et al, 2008 ), diffusible morphogens of the Fgf and Bmp families (Manning et al, 2006 ; Ferran et al, 2015 ; Fu et al, 2017 ; Placzek et al, 2020 ). These are differently combined at the alar and basal parts of the acroterminal region, though the accrued data suggest further DV regionalization of the AT; some data commented below suggest distinct acroterminal mamillary and acroterminal tuberal organizers ( Figures 6A,B ; Ferran et al, 2015 ; Puelles and Rubenstein, 2015 ; Puelles, 2017 ).…”