Subcommissural organ
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Brain: Subcommissural organ | ||
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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.
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