One of the circumventricular organs of the brain. The OVLT is outside the blood brain barrier, and so neurons in this region can respond to factors that are present in the systemic circulation. [ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Organum_vasculosum_of_the_lamina_terminalis https://sourceforge.net/tracker/?func=detail&aid=3474225&group_id=76834&atid=1205376 ]

Synonyms: organum vasculosum laminae terminalis prechiasmatic gland OVLT vascular organ of lamina terminalis organum vasculosum lamina terminalis

This is just here as a test because I lose it

Term information

database cross reference
latin term
organum vasculosum laminae terminalis [ FMA:TA FMA:62315 ]

latin term
organum vasculosum of lamina terminalis [ NeuroNames:383 ]

abbreviation
SoC [ BIRNLEX:1400 NIFSTD:NeuroNames_abbrevSource ]

abbreviation
OVLT [ BIRNLEX:1400 ]

latin term
organum vasculosum lamina terminalis [ NLXANAT:100313 ]

external ontology notes

NIF has two classes here; Editor note: consider relationship to lamina terminalis

has related synonym

organum vasculosum of lamina terminalis

organum vasculosum

vascular organ of the lamina terminalis

olfactory ventricle (olfactory part of lateral ventricle)

id

UBERON:0002689

mutually spatially disjoint with

http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/UBERON_0002690

http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/UBERON_0002625

http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/UBERON_0001934

http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/UBERON_0002219

http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/UBERON_0007626

http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/UBERON_0002034