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paraventricular nucleus of hypothalamus

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Nucleus in the anterior part of the hypothalamus. (MSH) * one of the magnocellular hypothalamic nuclei, an elongated plate of large, deeply staining cells located close to the third ventricle in the anterior hypothalamic area; major source of oxytocin and to a lesser extent, of antidiuretic hormone, neurohormones, which are carried to the neurohypophysis along the paraventriculohypophysial tract. (CSP) [ ]

Term info

Label

paraventricular nucleus of hypothalamus

Synonyms
  • filiform nucleus
  • paraventricular hypothalamic nucleus
  • paraventricular nucleus
database cross reference
Subsets

uberon_slim, efo_slim, pheno_slim

latin term
nucleus filiformis [ NeuroNames : 387 ]

latin term
nucleus hypothalami filiformis [ NeuroNames : 387 ]

latin term
nucleus hypothalami paraventricularis [ NeuroNames : 387 ]

abbreviation
Pa [ NIFSTD : NeuroNames_abbrevSource BIRNLEX : 1407 ]

latin term
nuclei paraventriculares [ NeuroNames : 387 ]

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has related synonym

nucleus hypothalami filiformis, paraventricular nucleus hypothalamus (Malone), parvocellular hypothalamic nucleus, subcommissural nucleus (Ziehen), nucleus filiformis, nuclei paraventricularis hypothalami, nucleus paraventricularis hypothalami, nuclei paraventriculares, paraventricular nucleus of the hypothalamus, nucleus hypothalami paraventricularis

id

UBERON:0001930