supraoptic crest

Term ID

UBERON:0002689

Synonyms

• olfactory ventricle (olfactory part of lateral ventricle)
• organum vasculosum
• organum vasculosum lamina terminalis
• organum vasculosum of lamina terminalis
• OVLT
• prechiasmatic gland
• SoC
• vascular organ of the lamina terminalis

Definition

one of the circumventricular organs of the brain. The OVLT is outside the blood brain barrier, and so neurons in this region can respond to factors that are present in the systemic circulation. (2)

References

• BAMS:OV
• BAMS:SoC
• BAMS:VOLT
• DHBA:12106
• DMBA:15582
• MA:0003018
• MBA:763
• UMLS:C0175316
• birnlex:1400
• http://braininfo.rprc.washington.edu/centraldirectory.aspx?ID=383
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Organum_vasculosum_of_the_lamina_terminalis
• http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/umls/id/C0175316
• nlx_anat:100313

Ontology

Uberon Ontology