Preoptic area
Region of the anterior hypothalamus / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The preoptic area is a region of the hypothalamus. MeSH classifies it as part of the anterior hypothalamus. TA lists four nuclei in this region, (medial, median, lateral, and periventricular).
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Latin | area praeoptica |
Acronym(s) | POA |
MeSH | D011301 |
NeuroNames | 377 |
NeuroLex ID | birnlex_1706 |
TA98 | A14.1.08.407 |
TA2 | 5710 |
FMA | 62313 |
Anatomical terms of neuroanatomy |
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