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hypothalamus

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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/cgi-bin/ZFIN_jump?record=curator http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hypothalamus ]

Synonyms: preoptico-hypothalamic region, preoptico-hypothalamic area

Term info

database cross reference
  • UMLS:C0020663 (BIRNLEX:734)
  • neuronames:292 (BIRNLEX:734)
  • HBA:4540
  • DHBA:10467
  • XAO:0004070
  • BAMS:HY
  • ZFA:0000032
  • EFO:0000107
  • BTO:0000614
  • GAID:460
  • EHDAA:5446
  • BM:Die-Hy
  • MESH:D007031
  • BIRNLEX:734
  • Wikipedia:Hypothalamus
  • BAMS:Hy
  • AAO:0010484
  • CALOHA:TS-0469
  • TAO:0000032
  • VHOG:0000179
  • EMAPA:17536
  • MIAA:0000112
  • MBA:1097
  • MAT:0000112
  • SCTID:264483005
  • UMLS:C0020663 (ncithesaurus:Hypothalamus)
  • MA:0000173
  • FMA:62008
  • galen:Hypothalamus
  • EHDAA2:0000802
  • EV:0100225
  • NCIT:C12458
Subsets

uberon_slim, efo_slim, pheno_slim, vertebrate_core, human_reference_atlas

RO 0002171

http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/UBERON_0001897

RO 0002174

http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/NCBITaxon_7737

UBPROP 0000001

Part of the diencephalon ventral to the thalamus consisting of connecting fibers and is a center for control of the autonomous nervous system.[AAO], 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. Kimmel et al, 1995.[TAO]

UBPROP 0000003

For instance, the vertebrate ventral diencephalon generates the hypothalamus which functions as a major endocrine center in cooperation with the hypophysis, the anterior part of the pituitary gland, located just ventral to the hypothalamus. In the amphioxus brain, the presence of a hypothalamus-like structure has been reported associated with the ventrally located Hatschek's pit, the hypothetical hypophysial homologue. It is thus conceivable that a hypothalamus-like structure originally involved in endocrine functions may have already been present before the establishment of vertebrates.[well established][VHOG]

UBPROP 0000007

hypothalamic

UBPROP 0000008

all vertebrates contain a hypothalamus

depicted by

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/9f/LocationOfHypothalamus.jpg

has related synonym

hypothalamus

id

UBERON:0001898

prefLabel

Hypothalamus

present in taxon

http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/NCBITaxon_7742, http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/NCBITaxon_9606, http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/NCBITaxon_117569