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dorsal hypothalamic area
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A relatively small region of the hypothalamus located inferior to the hypothalamic sulcus. [ http://medical-dictionary.thefreedictionary.com/dorsal+hypothalamic+area ]
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Label
dorsal hypothalamic area
Synonyms
- dorsal hypothalamic zone
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external definition
Brain structure which is the dorsal most region of the hypothalamus and expands laterally and emerges caudal to the ventral zone and is separated from the median tuberal portion by a deep ventral sulcus. From Neuroanatomy of the Zebrafish Brain[ZFA:0000347, ISBN:3764351209, ZFA:curator].
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nucleus hypothalamicus dorsalis, area hypothalamica dorsalis, area dorsalis hypothalami
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UBERON:0002954
taxon notes
In humans it contains the following nuclei: portions of the dorsomedial nucleus [TA] (nucleus dorsomedialis [TA]), endopeduncular nucleus [TA]) (nucleus endopeduncularis [TA]), and portions of the nucleus of the ansa lenticularis (nucleus ansae lenticularis