The medial preoptic nucleus is bounded laterally by the lateral preoptic nucleus, and medially by the preoptic periventricular nucleus. It releases gonadotropin-releasing hormone, controls copulation in males, and is larger in males than in females.[WP,unvetted]. [ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sexually_dimorphic_nucleus http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Medial_preoptic_nucleus#Medial_preoptic_nucleus ]
Synonyms: medial preoptic hypothalamic nucleus
Term information
- MA:0000840
- BIRNLEX:706
- SCTID:369128005
- UMLS:C1289555 (BIRNLEX:706)
- UMLS:C0175313 (BIRNLEX:706)
- Wikipedia:Sexually_dimorphic_nucleus
- EMAPA:35549
- BAMS:MPO
- neuronames:380 (BIRNLEX:706)
- BTO:0006167 (https://github.com/biopragmatics/biomappings)
- MBA:515
- DMBA:15604
- HBA:4544
- DHBA:10470
- FMA:67890
uberon_slim
nucleus praeopticus medialis
area praeoptica medialis
area preopticus medialis
nucleus preopticus medialis
http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/UBERON_0002706
http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/UBERON_0001935
http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/UBERON_0002625
http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/UBERON_0002206
http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/UBERON_0002634