The portion of the hypothalamus located generally internal to the region of the infundibulum. [ http://medical-dictionary.thefreedictionary.com ]
Synonyms: area hypothalamica intermedia intermediate hypothalamic area
Term information
- FMA:62028
- UMLS:C0020669 (BIRNLEX:1015)
- TAO:0006000
- MESH:D007033
- neuronames:392 (BIRNLEX:1015)
- BIRNLEX:1015
- BAMS:IHR
Brain structure that lies perpendicular to the longitudinal axis of the embryonic neural tube, is continuous with the rostral hypothalamic proliferation and whose most lateral extent is deflected dorsally within the inferior lobe.[TAO]
medial hypothalamus
middle hypothalamus
regio hypothalamica intermedia
intermediate hypothalamus
In humans it contains the following nuclei: dorsal nucleus [TA] (nucleus dorsalis hypothalami [TA]), parts of the dorsomedial nucleus [TA] (nucleus dorsomedialis [TA]), arcuate nucleus [TA] (nucleus arcuatus [TA]), posterior periventricular nucleus [TA] (nucleus periventricularis posterior [TA]), retrochiasmatic area [TA] (area retrochiasmatica [TA]), lateral tuberal nuclei [TA] (nuclei tuberales laterales [TA]), and ventromedial nucleus [TA] (nucleus ventromedialis hypothalami