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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/curator http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hypothalamus ]

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Term information

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Subsets

uberon_slim, efo_slim, pheno_slim, vertebrate_core

abbreviation
Hy [ NIFSTD : NeuroNames_abbrevSource BIRNLEX : 734 ]
definition
  • 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].
depicted by
  • http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/9f/LocationOfHypothalamus.jpg
dubious for taxon
  • http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/NCBITaxon_7737
external definition
  • 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]
has exact synonym
  • preoptico-hypothalamic region
  • preoptico-hypothalamic area
has related synonym
  • hypothalamus
homology notes
  • 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]
id
  • UBERON:0001898
present in taxon
  • http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/NCBITaxon_7742
  • http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/NCBITaxon_117569
taxon notes
  • all vertebrates contain a hypothalamus