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ventrolateral preoptic nucleus (pair)

Identification
Official Latin term nucleus preopticus ventrolateralis (par)
Official term ventrolateral preoptic nucleus (pair)
Unit identifier TAH:U8624
Unit type pair
Materiality material
Navigation
Link to the unit ventrolateral preoptic nucleus (pair)
Links of entity generic: ventrolateral preoptic nucleus
Entity-oriented links Universal page Definition page
External links PubMed
Partonomic links Level 2: encephalon Short Extended
Level 3: telencephalon Short Extended
Level 4: basal forebrain proper (pair)
Taxonomic links Level 2: grey matter of central nervous system Short Extended
Level 3: nucleus of diencephalon
Level 4: nucleus of preoptic area
Subsidiary language with Latin
Non Latin primary language
Notes
The Nucleus preopticus ventrolateralis is a recently discovered Preoptic nucleus, a sleep-promoting nucleus (Saper CB, Chou TC, Scammell TE 2001 The sleep switch: Hypothalamic control of sleep and wakefulness. Trends Neurosci 24:726-731).
Partonomy
TAH:E10200
human body
TAH:U5062
TAH:U5068
TAH:U5257
TAH:U5262
TAH:U5264
TAH:U12096
TAH:U6167
TAH:U8623
TAH:U8624 ventrolateral preoptic nucleus (pair) UOV
Taxonomy
Date: 25.06.2025