median preoptic nucleus ( MnPO )
The term median preoptic nucleus refers to one of five subdivisions of the preoptic area defined on the basis of Nissl stain. It is a predominantly cellular structure located in the human adjacent to the third ventricle, rostral to the anterior commissure. There it is bounded dorsally by the dorsal subdivision of the preoptic periventricular nucleus and ventrally by the paraventricular nucleus of the hypothalamus ( Mai-2004 ); and it is located in the midline dorsal to the organum vasculosum ( Swanson-19988 ). In the macaque ( Martin-2000; Paxinos-2009a ), the rat ( Swanson-1998 ) and the mouse ( Hof-2000 ) it is a narrow midline structure that wraps around the dorsal, rostral and ventral surfaces of the decussation of the anterior commissure.
Also known as
| Name | Language | Source | Source Citation | Source Title | Organism |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MnPO | acronym | Mai-1997 | San Diego: Academic Press, 1997 | Atlas of the Human Brain | human |
| MEPO | acronym | Hof-2000 | Elsevier, Amsterdam, 2000 | Comparative Cytoarchitectonic Atlas of the C57BL/6 and 129/Sv Mouse Brains | mouse |
| median preoptic nucleus | English | Paxinos-1990 | Academic Press, San Diego, 1990 | The Human Nervous System | human |
| median preoptic nucleus | English | Martin-1997 | Primate Information Center, University of Washington, Seattle, 1997. | Template Atlas of the Primate Brain | Macaca fascicularis |
| median preoptic nucleus | English | Bowden-1997 | Chapter 1 in Handbook Of Chemical Neuroanatomy: The Primate Nervous System, Part I, F. Bloom, A. Bjorklund and T. Hokfelt, Eds., Elsevier, Amsterdam, 1997 | A digital Rosetta stone for primate brain terminology | rat |
| Nucleus preopticus medianus | Latin | Kusama-1970 | University Park Press, Baltimore, Maryland, 1970 | Stereotaxic Atlas Of The Brain of Macaca fuscata | Macaca fuscata |
| Nucleus praeopticus medianus | Latin | Mai-1997 | San Diego: Academic Press, 1997 | Atlas of the Human Brain | human |
| Nucleus praeopticus medianus | Latin | Shantha-1968 | Baltimore: Williams and Wilkins, 1968 | A Stereotaxic Atlas Of The Java Monkey Brain (Macaca irus) | Macaca fascicularis |
| median preoptic nucleus (Loo) | English | Swanson-1998 | Second Revised Edition, Elsevier Science, Amsterdam, 1998 | Brain Maps: Structure of the Rat Brain | rat |
| periventricular nucleus, preventricular portion | English | Bleier-1984 | University of Wisconsin Press, 1984. | The Hypothalamus of the Rhesus Monkey: A Cytoarchitectonic Atlas | Macaca mulatta |
| MEPO | acronym | Swanson-2004 | Third Edition, Elsevier Academic Press, Oxford, 2004 | Brain Maps: Structure of the Rat Brain. | rat |
| MnPO | acronym | Paxinos-2009a | Amsterdam: Elsevier-Academic Press. 2009 | The Rhesus Monkey Brain, Second Edition | Macaca mulatta |