The tuberomammillary nucleus is a subnucleus of the posterior third of the hypothalamus. It consists of, largely, histaminergic and is involved with the control of arousal, sleep and circadian rhythm. Axons of the tuberomammillary nucleus project primarily to the cerebral cortex, thalamus, basal ganglia, basal forebrain, and hypothalamus. The projections to the cerebral cortex directly increase cortical activation and arousal, and projections to acetylcholinergic neurons of the basal forebrain and dorsal pons do so indirectly, by increasing the release of acetylcholine in the cerebral cortex. [WP,unvetted]. [ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tuberomammillary_nucleus ]
Synonyms: caudal magnocellular nucleus tuberomammillary nucleus tuberomammillary hypothalamic nucleus mammiloinfundibular nucleus mammilloinfundibular nucleus
Term information
- MA:0000853
- FMA:62335
- Wikipedia:Tuberomammillary_nucleus
- EMAPA:35889
- BIRNLEX:1271
- UMLS:C0228377 (BIRNLEX:1271)
- neuronames:427 (BIRNLEX:1271)
- DHBA:10496
- UMLS:C1289549 (BIRNLEX:1271)
- EV:0100237
- BAMS:TM
- MBA:557
- SCTID:369122006
- HBA:12912
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nucleus tuberomamillaris hypothalami
tuberomamillary nucleus
nucleus tuberomamillaris
tubero-mamillary area
TM
ventral tuberomammillary nucleus
tuberomammillary nucleus, ventral part
http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/UBERON_0001938
http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/UBERON_0001940
http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/UBERON_0001939