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paraventricular nucleus

Synonym for:

filiform nucleus

Synonym for:

nucleus paraventricularis

Broader Terms:

hypothalamus

Scope Note:

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.

Term Number:

0478-2310


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