Preferred Label : paraventricular nucleus of hypothalamus;
Uberon definition : 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);
Uberon synonym : filiform nucleus; paraventricular hypothalamic nucleus; paraventricular nucleus;
Uberon related term : subcommissural nucleus (Ziehen); nucleus paraventricularis hypothalami; paraventricular nucleus of the hypothalamus; parvocellular hypothalamic nucleus; paraventricular nucleus hypothalamus (Malone);
Uberon broad term : Pa;
Origin ID : 0001930;
UMLS CUI : C0030532;
Automatic exact mappings (from CISMeF team)
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- contributes to morphology of
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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)
