Subcommissural organ

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Brain: Subcommissural organ
Mesal aspect of a brain sectioned in the median sagittal plane. (Subcommissural organ not labeled, but region is visible, near the pineal .)
Latin organum subcommissurale
NeuroNames hier-474
MeSH Subcommissural+organ
Dorlands/Elsevier o_06/12596276

The subcommissural organ is a circumventricular organ consisting of ependymal cells which secrete somatostatin.

It is named for its location relative to the posterior commissure.

[edit] External links