Paraventricular nucleus of hypothalamus
System
Nervous
SNOMED CT
369131006
Paraventricular nucleus of hypothalamus
Definition
Nucleus in the anterior part of the hypothalamus. (MSH) * one of the magnocellular hypothalamic nuclei, an elongated plate of large, deeply staining cells located close to the third ventricle in the anterior hypothalamic area; major source of oxytocin and to a lesser extent, of antidiuretic hormone, neurohormones, which are carried to the neurohypophysis along the paraventriculohypophysial tract. (CSP).
Also known as filiform nucleus, paraventricular hypothalamic nucleus, paraventricular nucleus — per UBERON
The Paraventricular nucleus of hypothalamus is a part of the Nervous.