Terminology Service for NFDI4Health

midbrain-hindbrain boundary

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Term info

Label

midbrain-hindbrain boundary

database cross reference
Subsets

uberon_slim, pheno_slim, vertebrate_core

definition

The part of the brain that is the morphological boundary between the midbrain and hindbrain and that is the location of an organizing center which patterns the midbrain and hindbrain primordia of the neural plate.

editor note

consider adding class for organizer. Consider adding separate class for isthmus as a structure

has exact synonym

mid-hindbrain junction, MHB, midbrain hindbrain boundary, mid-hindbrain boundary

has related synonym

isthmus, isthmus/MHB, isthmic organizer territory, isthmo-cerebellar region

homology notes

Lampreys also have an MHB [midbrain hindbrain boundary], expressing a similar repertoire of regulatory gene cognates as in gnathostomes.[well established][VHOG]

id

UBERON:0003052

imported from

http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/cl.owl