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arcuate nucleus of hypothalamus

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The arcuate nucleus (or infundibular nucleus) is an aggregation of neurons in the mediobasal hypothalamus, adjacent to the third ventricle and the median eminence. The arcuate nucleus includes several important populations of neurons, including: Neuroendocrine neurons, Centrally-projecting neurons and Others. [WP,unvetted]. [ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arcuate_nucleus ]

Term info

Label

arcuate nucleus of hypothalamus

Synonyms
  • arcuate hypothalamic nucleus
  • arcuate nucleus
  • arcuate nucleus-2
  • arcuate periventricular nucleus
  • infundibular hypothalamic nucleus
  • infundibular nucleus
  • infundibular periventricular nucleus
  • nucleus arcuatus
database cross reference
Subsets

uberon_slim

latin term
nucleus arcuatus (hypothalamus) [ NeuroNames : 395 ]

latin term
nucleus arcuatus hypothalami [ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arcuate_nucleus ]

abbreviation
ArcH [ BIRNLEX : 1638 NIFSTD : NeuroNames_abbrevSource ]

latin term
nucleus infundibularis hypothalami [ NeuroNames : 395 ]

latin term
nucleus arcuatus [ FMA : TA FMA : 62329 ]

depicted by

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

external ontology notes

the semantics of the BTO class arcuate nucleus are not clear

has related synonym

nucleus infundibularis hypothalami, nucleus semilunaris, nucleus arcuatus hypothalami, nucleus infundibularis, nucleus arcuatus (hypothalamus), arcuate nucleus of the hypothalamus

id

UBERON:0001932