Term Name: preoptic area
Synonyms: area praeoptica, area preoptica, preoptic region
Definition: Area of the forebrain anterior to the posterior tuberculum and the hypothalamus and ventral to the ventral thalamus. See Figure 7, p. 34 in Atlas of Early Zebrafish Brain Development.
Appears at: Unknown
Evident until: Adult (90d-730d, breeding adult)
Ontology: Anatomy Ontology [ZFA:0000470]

Relationships
is part of: diencephalon
has parts: caudal parvocellular preoptic nucleus magnocellular preoptic nucleus rostral parvocellular preoptic nucleus suprachiasmatic nucleus
is a type of: multi-tissue structure

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