A specialized brain region of the ventral diencephalon arising near the end of the segmentation period; the embryonic hypothalamic region will give rise to the posterior pituitary gland as well as a number of brain nuclei. [ZFA]. One of the most important functions of the hypothalamus is to link the nervous system to the endocrine system via the pituitary gland (hypophysis).[Wikipedia]. [ http://zfin.org/curator http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hypothalamus ]
Synonyms: preoptico-hypothalamic region preoptico-hypothalamic area
Term information
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- MESH:D007031
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- DHBA:10467
- HBA:4540
- AAO:0010484
- FMA:62008
- MIAA:0000112
- UMLS:C0020663 (ncithesaurus:Hypothalamus)
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- neuronames:292 (BIRNLEX:734)
- BAMS:Hy
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- EV:0100225
- MAT:0000112
- MBA:1097
- ZFA:0000032
- VHOG:0000179
- EHDAA:5446
- TAO:0000032
- Wikipedia:Hypothalamus
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- NCIT:C12458
- SCTID:264483005
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- galen:Hypothalamus
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- BIRNLEX:734
- BM:Die-Hy
- BAMS:HY
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Part of the diencephalon ventral to the thalamus consisting of connecting fibers and is a center for control of the autonomous nervous system.[AAO]
A specialized brain region of the ventral diencephalon arising near the end of the segmentation period; the embryonic hypothalamic region will give rise to the posterior pituitary gland as well as a number of brain nuclei. Kimmel et al, 1995.[TAO]
For instance, the vertebrate ventral diencephalon generates the hypothalamus which functions as a major endocrine center in cooperation with the hypophysis, the anterior part of the pituitary gland, located just ventral to the hypothalamus. In the amphioxus brain, the presence of a hypothalamus-like structure has been reported associated with the ventrally located Hatschek's pit, the hypothetical hypophysial homologue. It is thus conceivable that a hypothalamus-like structure originally involved in endocrine functions may have already been present before the establishment of vertebrates.[well established][VHOG]
http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/NCBITaxon_7742
http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/NCBITaxon_9606
http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/NCBITaxon_117569
Term relations
- regional part of brain
- capable of some regulation of hormone secretion
- contributes to morphology of some diencephalon
- part of some thalamic complex
- part of some limbic system
- hypothalamus cell
- medial forebrain bundle
- median tuberal portion
- anterior hypothalamic region
- intermediate hypothalamic region
- lateral zone of hypothalamus
- medial zone of hypothalamus
- periventricular zone of hypothalamus
- hypothalamic nucleus
- saccus vasculosus
- ventrolateral preoptic nucleus
- tuberal nucleus (sensu Rodentia)
- posterior hypothalamic region
- ventral sulcus
- dorsal hypothalamic area