Posterior nucleus (hypothalamus)
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| Brain: Posterior nucleus (hypothalamus) | ||
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| Posterior nucleus is 'PN', at right, in red. | ||
| Latin | nucleus posterior hypothalami | |
| Part of | Hypothalamus | |
| NeuroNames | hier-403 | |
| Dorlands/Elsevier | n_11/12582521 | |
The posterior nucleus of the hypothalamus is one of the many nuclei that make up the hypothalamic region of the brain.
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| Brain: diencephalon |
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| third ventricle, interventricular foramina, optic chiasm, subfornical organ
epithalamus: pineal body, habenula, habenular nuclei anterior hypothalamus: anterior hypothalamic nucleus, paraventricular nucleus, preoptic area, supraoptic nucleus, suprachiasmatic nucleus intermediate/middle/tuberal/pituitary hypothalamus: infundibulum, median eminence, arcuate nucleus, ventromedial nucleus, dorsomedial hypothalamic nucleus, tuber cinereum, pituitary gland (anterior pituitary, posterior pituitary) posterior/lateral hypothalamus: posterior nucleus, mammillary body, lateral nucleus subthalamus: subthalamic nucleus thalamus: pulvinar, medial geniculate nucleus, lateral geniculate nucleus, list of thalamic nuclei |
