paraventricular nucleus of hypothalamus

Term ID

UBERON:0001930

Synonyms

• filiform nucleus
• nuclei paraventriculares
• nuclei paraventricularis hypothalami
• nucleus filiformis
• nucleus hypothalami filiformis
• nucleus hypothalami paraventricularis
• nucleus paraventricularis hypothalami
• Pa
• paraventricular hypothalamic nucleus
• paraventricular nucleus
• paraventricular nucleus hypothalamus (Malone)
• paraventricular nucleus of the hypothalamus
• parvocellular hypothalamic nucleus
• subcommissural nucleus (Ziehen)

Definition

Nucleus in the anterior part of the hypothalamus. (MSH) * one of the magnocellular hypothalamic nuclei, an elongated plate of large, deeply staining cells located close to the third ventricle in the anterior hypothalamic area; major source of oxytocin and to a lesser extent, of antidiuretic hormone, neurohormones, which are carried to the neurohypophysis along the paraventriculohypophysial tract. (CSP)

References

• BAMS:PAH
• BAMS:PVH
• BAMS:Pa
• BM:Die-Hy-PAH
• BTO:0002476
• DHBA:10476
• EFO:0002469
• EMAPA:35665
• EV:0100229
• GAID:643
• HBA:12905
• MA:0000848
• MBA:38
• MESH:A08.186.211.730.385.357.342.400
• UMLS:C0030532
• birnlex:1407
• http://braininfo.rprc.washington.edu/centraldirectory.aspx?ID=387
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paraventricular_nucleus_of_hypothalamus
• http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/umls/id/C0030532
• http://www.snomedbrowser.com/Codes/Details/369131006

Ontology

Cell Ontology