hypothalamus
A specialized brain region of the ventral diencephalon arising near the end of the segmentation period; the embryonic hypothalamic region will give rise to the posterior pituitary gland as well as a number of brain nuclei. [ZFA]. One of the most important functions of the hypothalamus is to link the nervous system to the endocrine system via the pituitary gland (hypophysis).[Wikipedia]. [ http://zfin.org/cgi-bin/ZFIN_jump?record=curator http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hypothalamus ]
Synonyms: preoptico-hypothalamic region, preoptico-hypothalamic area
Term info
- CALOHA:TS-0469
 - UMLS:C0020663 (ncithesaurus:Hypothalamus)
 - EHDAA:5446
 - neuronames:292 (BIRNLEX:734)
 - UMLS:C0020663 (BIRNLEX:734)
 - VHOG:0000179
 - NCIT:C12458
 - MAT:0000112
 - FMA:62008
 - DHBA:10467
 - MA:0000173
 - Wikipedia:Hypothalamus
 - EHDAA2:0000802
 - BAMS:Hy
 - BTO:0000614
 - MESH:D007031
 - MIAA:0000112
 - MBA:1097
 - galen:Hypothalamus
 - XAO:0004070
 - EMAPA:17536
 - GAID:460
 - SCTID:264483005
 - BAMS:HY
 - BM:Die-Hy
 - EV:0100225
 - EFO:0000107
 - AAO:0010484
 - TAO:0000032
 - HBA:4540
 - BIRNLEX:734
 - ZFA:0000032
 
uberon_slim, efo_slim, pheno_slim, vertebrate_core, human_reference_atlas
http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/UBERON_0001897
http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/NCBITaxon_7737
Part of the diencephalon ventral to the thalamus consisting of connecting fibers and is a center for control of the autonomous nervous system.[AAO], A specialized brain region of the ventral diencephalon arising near the end of the segmentation period; the embryonic hypothalamic region will give rise to the posterior pituitary gland as well as a number of brain nuclei. Kimmel et al, 1995.[TAO]
For instance, the vertebrate ventral diencephalon generates the hypothalamus which functions as a major endocrine center in cooperation with the hypophysis, the anterior part of the pituitary gland, located just ventral to the hypothalamus. In the amphioxus brain, the presence of a hypothalamus-like structure has been reported associated with the ventrally located Hatschek's pit, the hypothetical hypophysial homologue. It is thus conceivable that a hypothalamus-like structure originally involved in endocrine functions may have already been present before the establishment of vertebrates.[well established][VHOG]
hypothalamic
all vertebrates contain a hypothalamus
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/9f/LocationOfHypothalamus.jpg
hypothalamus
uberon
UBERON:0001898
Hypothalamus
http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/NCBITaxon_7742, http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/NCBITaxon_9606, http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/NCBITaxon_117569
Term relations
- regional part of brain
 - capable of some regulation of hormone secretion
 - contributes to morphology of some diencephalon
 - part of some thalamic complex
 - part of some limbic system
 


            