arcuate nucleus of hypothalamus

Term ID

UBERON:0001932

Synonyms

• ArcH
• arcuate hypothalamic nucleus
• arcuate nucleus
• arcuate nucleus of the hypothalamus
• arcuate nucleus-2
• arcuate periventricular nucleus
• infundibular hypothalamic nucleus
• infundibular nucleus
• infundibular periventricular nucleus
• nucleus arcuatus (hypothalamus)
• nucleus arcuatus hypothalami
• nucleus infundibularis
• nucleus infundibularis hypothalami
• nucleus semilunaris

Definition

The arcuate nucleus (or infundibular nucleus) is an aggregation of neurons in the mediobasal hypothalamus, adjacent to the third ventricle and the median eminence. The arcuate nucleus includes several important populations of neurons, including: Neuroendocrine neurons, Centrally-projecting neurons and Others. [WP,unvetted]. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arcuate_nucleus

References

• Arcuate:nucleus
• BAMS:ARH
• BAMS:Arc
• BAMS:ArcH
• BM:HAr
• BTO:0002473
• BTO:0005534
• DHBA:10492
• EMAPA:35142
• EV:0100230
• GAID:647
• HBA:12913
• MA:0000847
• MBA:223
• MESH:A08.186.211.730.385.357.352.081
• NCIT:C52711
• UMLS:C0003741
• birnlex:1638
• http://braininfo.rprc.washington.edu/centraldirectory.aspx?ID=395
• http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/umls/id/C0003741

Ontology

Uberon Ontology