nucleus lateralis tuberis system (sensu Teleostei)
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A prominent nucleus located in the ventral tuberal area of Teleostei that is anatomically homologous to the hypothalamic arcuate (infundibular)-median eminence (ME) system of tetrpods. [ http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25205931 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/0016-6480(71)90165-1 ]
Synonyms: NLT system (sensu Teleostei)
Term information
This term is used specifically for fish (or Teleostei in general) as lateral tuberal nucleus (UBERON:0000435) refers to a structure that is specific to humans and higher primates. See https://github.com/obophenotype/uberon/issues/2439 for more details.