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habenula

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A segment of the epithalamus that has as its parts the habenular nuclei and the habenular commissure[FMA,modified]. [ http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6601-2165 ]

Term info

Label

habenula

Synonyms
  • habenula complex
database cross reference
Subsets

uberon_slim, pheno_slim, vertebrate_core

latin term
nucleus habenularis [ NeuroNames : 294 ]

latin term
ganglion intercrurale [ NeuroNames : 294 ]

abbreviation
Hb [ BIRNLEX : 1611 NIFSTD : NeuroNames_abbrevSource ]

latin term
ganglion interpedunculare [ NeuroNames : 294 ]

latin term
nuclei habenulares [ NeuroNames : 294 ]

latin term
habenula complex [ FMA : TA FMA : 62032 ]

depicted by

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d7/Gray715.png

external definition

The habenula relays impulses from limbic areas of the telencephalon to an unpaired midbrain nucleus, the interpeduncular nucleus.[TAO]

has related synonym

nucleus habenularis, habenular complex, nuclei habenulares, pineal peduncle, ganglion interpedunculare, ganglion intercrurale, habenulae, habenular nuclei

id

UBERON:0001904

present in taxon

http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/NCBITaxon_7762