Volumetric parcellation methodology of the human hypothalamus in neuroimaging: Normative data and sex differences

► A novel morphometric method for volumetric analysis of the in-vivo human hypothalamus. ► Anatomically driven morphometric method for measuring the human hypothalamus. ► Compared 2 high-resolution (7-T) ex-vivo datasets to their own histology. ► Normative data of in-vivo human hypothalamic volume. ► Sex differences in the overall hypothalamic volume and tuberal-region volumes.