Term: ventral thalamus forebrain morphogenesis
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Name: ventral thalamus
Synonyms: prethalamus
Definition:
Ontology: Anatomy Ontology [ZFA:0000458]
Name: forebrain morphogenesis
Synonyms: prosencephalon morphogenesis
Definition: The process in which the anatomical structures of the forebrain are generated and organized. The forebrain is the anterior of the three primary divisions of the developing chordate brain or the corresponding part of the adult brain (in vertebrates, includes especially the cerebral hemispheres, the thalamus, and the hypothalamus and especially in higher vertebrates is the main control center for sensory and associative information processing, visceral functions, and voluntary motor functions).
Ontology: GO: Biological Process [GO:0048853]    QuickGO    AmiGO