Abbreviation

I

Species

Rat

Description of part

It is useful to have a term indicating the area between nuclei in the medial half of the hypothalamus. This region is often referred to as medial regions of the fibrous “capsule” that is said to surround the medial nuclei, but this “capsule” has considerable neurons, in addition to the dendrites of neurons in adjacent nuclei, and axons from many sources. Specific zones of the internuclear area can be named by the pair of flanking nuclei, although some zones have already received a specific name (in particular the subparaventricular zone). In the current hypothalamus parcelling, the lateral half or so of the “capsule” associated with most of the ANH, and all of the VMH, is included in the LHA.

Part type

gray matter

Nomenclature

Swanson-2004

Endorsement

The approach used by the collator Mihail Bota is not endorsed by the author of the nomenclature.

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