Concept information
Preferred term
Circumventricular Organs
Type
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Topical Descriptor
Broader concept
Narrower concepts
Entry terms
- Circumventricular Organ, Secretory
- Circumventricular Organ, Sensory
- Circumventricular Organs, Secretory
- Circumventricular Organs, Sensory
- Organ, Secretory Circumventricular
- Organ, Sensory Circumventricular
- Organs, Secretory Circumventricular
- Organs, Sensory Circumventricular
- Secretory Circumventricular Organ
- Secretory Circumventricular Organs
- Sensory Circumventricular Organ
- Sensory Circumventricular Organs
Scope note
- Highly vascularized and specialized tissues distributed principally along the midline of the VENTRICULAR SYSTEM from the FOREBRAIN to the HINDBRAIN. They are distinguished by their lack of normal BLOOD-BRAIN BARRIER and fenestrated capillaries and contain either neurosecretory neurons or chemoreceptors.
History note
- 2015; for NEUROHEMAL ORGAN use NEUROSECRETORY SYSTEMS (1984-2014)
In other languages
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Finnish
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aivokammioiden ympärillä olevat elimet
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Swedish
URI
http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D066280
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