lateral preoptic nucleus

Term ID

UBERON:0001931

Synonyms

• area praeoptica lateralis
• area preoptica lateralis
• lateral preoptic area
• lateral preoptic hypothalamic nucleus
• LPO
• nucleus praeopticus lateralis
• nucleus preopticus lateralis

Definition

The lateral preoptic nucleus is lateral to the medial preoptic nucleus. It also mediates non-REM sleep onset.[WP,unvetted]. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Preoptic_area#Lateral_preoptic_nucleus

References

• BAMS:LPO
• BM:Die-Hy-LPO
• DHBA:10471
• EMAPA:35483
• HBA:4552
• MA:0000835
• MBA:226
• UMLS:C0175312
• UMLS:C1289556
• birnlex:1722
• http://braininfo.rprc.washington.edu/centraldirectory.aspx?ID=381
• http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/umls/id/C0175312
• http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/umls/id/C1289556
• http://www.snomedbrowser.com/Codes/Details/369129002

Ontology

Uberon Ontology