suprachiasmatic nucleus
* An ovoid densely packed collection of small cells of the anterior hypothalamus lying close to the midline in a shallow impression of the optic chiasm. (MSH) * small group of nerve cell bodies in the supraoptic region of the hypothalamus, just above the optic chiasm; influences rhythmic aspects of hypothalamic functions in many vertebrate species. (CSP). [ BIRNLEX:1325 ]
Synonyms: suprachiasmatic nucleus of hypothalamus
Term info
- EV:0100228
- DHBA:10480
- VHOG:0000036
- BTO:0001822
- ZFA:0000441
- neuronames:384 (BIRNLEX:1325)
- XAO:0004072
- NCIT:C74537
- HBA:12908
- BAMS:SCH
- CALOHA:TS-0992
- MA:0000843
- MESH:D013493
- DMBA:15660
- UMLS:C1289559 (BIRNLEX:1325)
- FMA:67883
- SCTID:369132004
- BIRNLEX:1325
- UMLS:C0038866 (ncithesaurus:Suprachiasmatic_Nucleus)
- EMAPA:35841
- TAO:0000441
- BAMS:SCh
- BM:Die-Hy-SCN
- UMLS:C0038866 (BIRNLEX:1325)
- EFO:0002475
- Wikipedia:Suprachiasmatic_nucleus
- MBA:286
- GAID:645
uberon_slim, efo_slim, pheno_slim, vertebrate_core
http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/UBERON_0002690, http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/UBERON_0002625, http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/UBERON_0001934, http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/UBERON_0002219, http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/UBERON_0002689, http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/UBERON_0007626
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/8c/HypothalamicNuclei.PNG
nucleus suprachiasmaticus hypothalami, nucleus suprachiasmaticus, suprachiasmatic nucleus (Spiegel-Zwieg), SCN
SCh, SCN
uberon
UBERON:0002034
Suprachiasmatic nucleus
Term relations
- hypothalamic nucleus
- preoptic nucleus
- part of some medial zone of hypothalamus
- contributes to morphology of some hypothalamus