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paraventricular nucleus of hypothalamus

^ http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/UBERON_0001930

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). [ BIRNLEX:1407 ]

Synonyms: filiform nucleus, paraventricular hypothalamic nucleus, paraventricular nucleus

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Subsets

uberon_slim, efo_slim, pheno_slim

RO 0002171

http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/UBERON_0001932, http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/UBERON_0001929

depicted by

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/ef/PVNss.jpg, http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/e/ef/PVNss.jpg/200px-PVNss.jpg

has related synonym

nucleus hypothalami filiformis, subcommissural nucleus (Ziehen), parvocellular hypothalamic nucleus, paraventricular nucleus hypothalamus (Malone), nucleus filiformis, nuclei paraventricularis hypothalami, nucleus paraventricularis hypothalami, nuclei paraventriculares, paraventricular nucleus of the hypothalamus, nucleus hypothalami paraventricularis

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UBERON:0001930

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Paraventricular nucleus of hypothalamus