- Periventricular nucleus
The Periventricular nucleus is a composite structure of the
hypothalamus .It should "not" be confused with the
paraventricular nucleus .External links
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Periventricular nucleus
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Paraventricular nucleus of hypothalamus — Infobox Brain Name = PAGENAME Latin = nuclei paraventricularis hypothalami GraySubject = GrayPage = Caption = Human paraventricular nucleus (PVN) in this coronal section is indicated by the shaded area. Dots represent vasopressin (AVP) neurons… … Wikipedia
Arcuate nucleus — This article is about the hypothalamic structure. For the structure in the medulla oblongata, see Arcuate nucleus (medulla). Brain: Arcuate nucleus Arcuate nucleus is AR , at bottom center, in green. Latin nucleus arc … Wikipedia
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Hypothalamus — Brain: Hypothalamus Location of the human hypothalamus … Wikipedia
