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preoptic area

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Area of the forebrain between the anterior commissure and optic chiasm. [ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Preoptic_area http://zfin.org/curator ]

Term info

Label

preoptic area

Synonyms
  • preoptic nuclei
  • preoptic region of hypothalamus
database cross reference
Subsets

uberon_slim, efo_slim, vertebrate_core

abbreviation
POA [ NIFSTD : NeuroNames_abbrevSource BIRNLEX : 1706 ]

latin term
nuclei preoptici [ NeuroNames : 377 ]

depicted by

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/8c/HypothalamicNuclei.PNG

external definition

Area of the forebrain anterior to the posterior tuberculum and the hypothalamus and ventral to the ventral thalamus. See Figure 7, Atlas of Early Zebrafish Brain Development.[TAO]

has related synonym

area preoptica, area hypothalamica rostralis, preoptic hypothalamic region, area praeoptica, regio hypothalamica anterior, nuclei preoptici, preoptic hypothalamic area, preoptic region

id

UBERON:0001928

present in taxon

http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/NCBITaxon_7742

taxon notes

Located in the hypothalamus in amniotes[PMC4038951]