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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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