Most dorsal part of the thalamus, comprising the pineal gland and habenular nuclei in most vertebrates. In a few vertebrates, it also includes the parietal eye. (Butler and Hodos, Comparative Vertebrate Neuroanatomy, 2nd ed, 2005, pg. 345-346. [ ]
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Term information
database cross reference
- OpenCyc:Mx4rvneLQpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA
- BM:Die-Epi
- BAMS:ETh
- EHDAA2:0000448
- MAT:0000422
- NCIT:C12457
- null:http://braininfo.rprc.washington.edu/centraldirectory.aspx?ID=292
- AAO:0010482
- PBA:128013147
- UMLS:C0152361 (BIRNLEX:1710)
- CALOHA:TS-2060
- BIRNLEX:1710
- MIAA:0000422
- BAMS:Epi
- MESH:A08.186.211.577.200
- UMLS:C0152361 (ncithesaurus:Epithalamus)
- null:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Epithalamus
- null:http://www.snomedbrowser.com/Codes/Details/281487003
- VHOG:0000178
- EV:0100220
- DHBA:10451
- EFO:0000918
- null:http://braininfo.rprc.washington.edu/centraldirectory.aspx?ID=292 (BIRNLEX:1710)
- MBA:958
- BTO:0000175
- ZFA:0000509
- HBA:4520
- BAMS:EPI
- MA:0000172
- null:http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/umls/id/C0152361
- EMAPA:17532
- EHDAA:5433
- FMA:62009
- GAID:455
- BAMS:EpT
- TAO:0000509
Subsets
uberon_slim, efo_slim, pheno_slim, vertebrate_core
external definition
Dorsal segment of the diencephalon containing the habenular ganglia, a choroid plexus, and the pineal organ.[AAO]
The roof of the diencephalon lying above the thalamus. [Bemis_WE, Functional_Anatomy_of_the_Vertebrates:_An_Evolutionary_Perspective, Glossary_G-11, Grande_L, Liem_KF, Third_Edition_(2001)_Orlando_Fla.:_Harcourt_College_Publishers, Walker_WF][VHOG]
homology notes
The epithalamus has been historically conceived as a distinct neuroanatomical moiety within the diencephalon of all vertebrates. (...) The evolutionary origins of epithalamic structures are uncertain but asymmetry in this region is likely to have existed at the origin of the vertebrate, perhaps even the chordate, lineage.[well established][VHOG]
Term relations
Subclass of:
- regional part of brain
- contributes to morphology of some diencephalon
- part of some dorsal plus ventral thalamus