Preoptic area
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| Brain: Preoptic area | ||
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| Preoptic area is 'PO', at left, in blue. | ||
| NeuroNames | hier-360 | |
| MeSH | A08.186.211.730.385.357.342.450 | |
| Dorlands/Elsevier | n_11/12582622 | |
The preoptic area is a region of the hypothalamus. According to the MeSH classification, it is considered part of the anterior hypothalamus.
There are four nuclei in this region, according to Terminologia Anatomica:
- nucleus preopticus lateralis (lateral preoptic nucleus)
- nucleus preopticus medialis (medial preoptic nucleus)
- nucleus preopticus medianus (median preoptic nucleus)
- nucleus preopticus periventricularis (periventricular preoptic nucleus)
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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 |
