A specialized brain region of the ventral diencephalon arising near the end of the segmentation period; the embryonic hypothalamic region will give rise to the posterior pituitary gland as well as a number of brain nuclei. [ZFA]. One of the most important functions of the hypothalamus is to link the nervous system to the endocrine system via the pituitary gland (hypophysis).[Wikipedia]. [ http://zfin.org/curator http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hypothalamus ]
Synonyms: preoptico-hypothalamic region preoptico-hypothalamic area
Term information
- BAMS:HY
- EHDAA2:0000802
- MIAA:0000112
- GAID:460
- TAO:0000032
- HBA:4540
- AAO:0010484
- EHDAA:5446
- MA:0000173
- EMAPA:17536
- BTO:0000614
- EV:0100225
- MESH:D007031
- BIRNLEX:734
- VHOG:0000179
- FMA:62008
- Wikipedia:Hypothalamus
- BM:Die-Hy
- DHBA:10467
- MBA:1097
- CALOHA:TS-0469
- SCTID:264483005
- galen:Hypothalamus
- XAO:0004070
- ZFA:0000032
- NCIT:C12458
- BAMS:Hy
- MAT:0000112
- EFO:0000107
uberon_slim, efo_slim, pheno_slim, vertebrate_core, human_reference_atlas
Term relations
- regional part of brain
- capable of some regulation of hormone secretion
- contributes to morphology of some diencephalon
- part of some thalamic complex
- part of some limbic system