The arcuate nucleus (or infundibular nucleus) is an aggregation of neurons in the mediobasal hypothalamus, adjacent to the third ventricle and the median eminence. The arcuate nucleus includes several important populations of neurons, including: Neuroendocrine neurons, Centrally-projecting neurons and Others. [WP,unvetted]. [ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arcuate_nucleus ]
Synonyms: arcuate nucleus arcuate nucleus-2 infundibular hypothalamic nucleus arcuate hypothalamic nucleus infundibular nucleus infundibular periventricular nucleus nucleus arcuatus arcuate periventricular nucleus
Term information
- BAMS:Arc
- neuronames:395 (BIRNLEX:1638)
- HBA:12913
- NCIT:C52711
- UMLS:C0003741 (ncithesaurus:Arcuate_Nucleus)
- MBA:223
- EMAPA:35142
- GAID:647
- BAMS:ArcH
- BTO:0005534
- BIRNLEX:1638
- BM:HAr
- MA:0000847
- BAMS:ARH
- BTO:0002473
- Wikipedia:Arcuate_nucleus
- FMA:62329
- DHBA:10492
- EV:0100230
- MESH:D001111
uberon_slim
nucleus infundibularis hypothalami
nucleus semilunaris
nucleus arcuatus hypothalami
nucleus infundibularis
nucleus arcuatus (hypothalamus)
arcuate nucleus of the hypothalamus
http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/UBERON_0001930
http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/UBERON_0001929
Term relations
- hypothalamic nucleus
- part of some intermediate hypothalamic region
- part of some periventricular zone of hypothalamus