Forebrain > Diencephalon
Description
The posterior neuromere of the forebrain that gives rise to the optic cups, epithalamus, thalamus, ventral thalamus and hypothalmus.
“The diencephalon proper has five major divisions which, in the adult brain, appear in a dorsoventral arrangement. They are the epithalamus, dorsal thalamus, ventral thalamus, posterior tuberculum and hypothalamus. The preoptic area , although often considered part of the hypothalamus, constitutes an intermediate region between telencephalon and diencephalon.” (Wulliman et al., 1996).
Ontology
is part of: forebrain
has parts: caudal tuberculum, diencephalic white matter, epithalamus, hypophysis, hypothalamus, optic stalk, preoptic area, pretectum, synencephalon, thalamus, third ventricle
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Antibodies that label this brain region
Key Publications
Wullimann, M.F., Rupp, B., Reichert, H., and eds. (1996)
Neuroanatomy of the Zebrafish Brain. A Topological Atlas.
Basel, Switzerland: Basel, Switzerland: Birkhäuser Verlag. :160 p.
Mueller, T., 2012.
What is the thalamus in zebrafish?
Frontiers in Neuroscience,6. pp.1–14.
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