Anatomy

Anterior Hypothalamic Nucleus

Loose heterogeneous collection of cells in the anterior hypothalamus, continuous rostrally with the medial and lateral PREOPTIC AREAS and caudally with the TUBER CINEREUM.

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Abstract

Loose heterogeneous collection of cells in the anterior hypothalamus, continuous rostrally with the medial and lateral PREOPTIC AREAS and caudally with the TUBER CINEREUM.

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14 entry terms
  • Anterior Hypothalamic Area
  • Hypothalamic Area, Anterior
  • Nucleus Anterior Hypothalami
  • Anterior Hypothalami, Nucleus
  • Anterior Hypothalamic Areas
  • Anterior Hypothalamus, Nucleus
  • Area, Anterior Hypothalamic
  • Areas, Anterior Hypothalamic
  • Hypothalami, Nucleus Anterior
  • Hypothalamic Areas, Anterior
  • Hypothalamic Nucleus, Anterior
  • Hypothalamus, Nucleus Anterior
  • Nucleus Anterior Hypothalamus
  • Nucleus, Anterior Hypothalamic

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Indexed with the subheadings abnormalities, anatomy & histology, blood supply, chemistry, cytology, diagnostic imaging, drug effects, embryology, enzymology, growth & development, immunology, injuries, metabolism, microbiology, parasitology, pathology, physiology, physiopathology, radiation effects, surgery, transplantation, ultrastructure, virology.

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Indexing Annotation

diseases: coordinate IM with HYPOTHALAMIC DISEASES (IM)

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History Note

2000(1983)

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Previous Indexing

  • Hypothalamus (1966-1982)
  • Hypothalamus, Anterior (1975-1982)

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Anterior Hypothalamic Nucleus. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D007025. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D007025
  2. Anterior Hypothalamic Nucleus. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anterior_hypothalamic_nucleus
  3. Anterior Hypothalamic Nucleus. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4771352