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Pineal body
| Name: | Pineal body |
| Description: | A midline, cone like structure located in the dorso-caudal roof of the 3rd ventricle, attached by peduncles to the habenular and posterior commissures. The stalk contains nerve fibers, blood vessels, connective tissue and parenchymal cells (Paxinos, The Rat Central Nervous System, 2nd ed, pg 399). |
| Synonym(s): | corpus pineale, epiphysis, conarium, epiphysis cerebri, pineal gland |
| Is part of: | Epithalamus |
| Abbreviation: | Pi |
| Super-category: | circumventricular organ |
| Id: | birnlex_1184 |
| Link to OWL / RDF: | Download this content as OWL/RDF |
| Neuronames ID ( what's this?): | 280 |
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| Abbrev | Pi + |
| AbbrevSource | NeuroNames_abbrevSource + |
| Created | 7 October 2006 + |
| CurationStatus | uncurated + |
| Definition | A midline, cone like structure located in … A midline, cone like structure located in the dorso-caudal roof of the 3rd ventricle, attached by peduncles to the habenular and posterior commissures. The stalk contains nerve fibers, blood vessels, connective tissue and parenchymal cells (Paxinos, The Rat Central Nervous System, 2nd ed, pg 399). t Central Nervous System, 2nd ed, pg 399). |
| Has default formThis property is a special property in this wiki. | PONS brain region + |
| Id | birnlex_1184 + |
| Is part of | Epithalamus + |
| Label | Pineal body + |
| ModifiedDate | 9 March 2012 + |
| NeuronamesLink | http://braininfo.rprc.washington.edu/Scripts/hiercentraldirectory.aspx?ID=280 + |
| Page has default formThis property is a special property in this wiki. | PONS brain region + |
| SuperCategory | circumventricular organ + |
| Synonym | corpus pineale +, epiphysis +, conarium +, epiphysis cerebri +, and pineal gland + |
| Umlscui | C0031939 + |