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Descriptor English: Epithalamus
Descriptor Spanish: Epitálamo
Descriptor epitálamo
Scope note: Subdivisión dorsal posterior del diencéfalo. Generalmente se considera que el epitálamo incluye el núcleo de la habénula (HABÉNULA) y los haces de fibras asociados, la GLÁNDULA PINEAL y el techo epitelial del tercer ventrículo. Los núcleos paraventriculares anterior y posterior del tálamo se incluyen en el NÚCLEO TALÁMICO, a pesar de que se desarrollan a partir de la misma masa pronuclear que el núcleo epitalámico por lo que, en ocasiones, se consideran parte del epitálamo.
Descriptor Portuguese: Epitálamo
Descriptor French: Épithalamus
Tree number(s): A08.186.211.180.200
A08.186.211.200.317.200
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D019261
Scope note: The dorsal posterior subdivision of the diencephalon. The epithalamus is generally considered to include the habenular nuclei (HABENULA) and associated fiber bundles, the PINEAL BODY, and the epithelial roof of the third ventricle. The anterior and posterior paraventricular nuclei of the thalamus are included with the THALAMIC NUCLEI although they develop from the same pronuclear mass as the epithalamic nuclei and are sometimes considered part of the epithalamus.
Allowable Qualifiers: AB abnormalities
AH anatomy & histology
BS blood supply
CH chemistry
CY cytology
DE drug effects
DG diagnostic imaging
EM embryology
EN enzymology
GD growth & development
IM immunology
IN injuries
ME metabolism
MI microbiology
PA pathology
PH physiology
PP physiopathology
PS parasitology
RE radiation effects
SU surgery
TR transplantation
UL ultrastructure
VI virology
Public MeSH Note: 97
History Note: 97
DeCS ID: 32873
Unique ID: D019261
NLM Classification: WL 312
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Date Established: 1997/01/01
Date of Entry: 1996/06/10
Revision Date: 2018/06/30
Epithalamus - Preferred
Concept UI M0028686
Scope note The dorsal posterior subdivision of the diencephalon. The epithalamus is generally considered to include the habenular nuclei (HABENULA) and associated fiber bundles, the PINEAL BODY, and the epithelial roof of the third ventricle. The anterior and posterior paraventricular nuclei of the thalamus are included with the THALAMIC NUCLEI although they develop from the same pronuclear mass as the epithalamic nuclei and are sometimes considered part of the epithalamus.
Preferred term Epithalamus



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