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dorsal hypothalamic area

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A relatively small region of the hypothalamus located inferior to the hypothalamic sulcus. [ http://medical-dictionary.thefreedictionary.com/dorsal+hypothalamic+area ]

Synonyms: dorsal hypothalamic zone

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  • BAMS:HDA
  • UMLS:C0175318 (BIRNLEX:777)
  • BIRNLEX:777
  • FMA:62339
  • BM:Die-Hy-HDA
  • ZFA:0000347
  • DHBA:13335
  • BAMS:DA
  • neuronames:430 (BIRNLEX:777)
  • BAMS:DHA
UBPROP 0000001

Brain structure which is the dorsal most region of the hypothalamus and expands laterally and emerges caudal to the ventral zone and is separated from the median tuberal portion by a deep ventral sulcus. From Neuroanatomy of the Zebrafish Brain[ZFA:0000347, ISBN:3764351209, ZFA:curator].

UBPROP 0000008

In humans it contains the following nuclei: portions of the dorsomedial nucleus [TA] (nucleus dorsomedialis [TA]), endopeduncular nucleus [TA]) (nucleus endopeduncularis [TA]), and portions of the nucleus of the ansa lenticularis (nucleus ansae lenticularis

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has related synonym

nucleus hypothalamicus dorsalis, area hypothalamica dorsalis, area dorsalis hypothalami

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UBERON:0002954

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Dorsal hypothalamic area

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