Tuber cinereum
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| Brain: Tuber cinereum | ||
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| Base of brain. (Tuber cinerum visible at center.) | ||
| Gray's | subject #189 813 | |
| NeuroNames | hier-376 | |
| MeSH | Tuber+cinereum | |
| Dorlands/Elsevier | t_21/12827470 | |
The tuber cinereum is a hollow eminence of gray matter situated between the mammilary bodies and the optic chiasma. The tuber cinereum is part of the hypothalamus.
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[edit] Structure
Laterally it is continuous with the anterior perforated substances and anteriorly with a thin lamina, the lamina terminalis.
The infundibulum, a hollow conical process, projects from the tuber cinereum. The infundibulum extends forward and down where it is attached to the posterior lobe of the pituitary gland.
It houses the nuclei:
- tuberal nucleus
- tuberomamillary nucleus [1]
[edit] Tuberomamillary nucleus
The tuberomammillary nucleus (TMN) is the sole source of histamine in the brain. [2]
[edit] Function
[edit] Circadian rhythm
By its release of histamine, the tuberomamillary nucleus of the tuber cinereum helpt to regulate the circadian cycle.
[edit] See also
[edit] Additional images
 Mesal aspect of a brain sectioned in the median sagittal plane. |
 The fornix and corpus callosum from below. |
[edit] References
- ^ patients.uptodate.com - Abstracts for References 5 and 6 of 'Hypothalamic-pituitary axis'
- ^ ingentaconnect.com - IngentaConnect Estrogen receptors and metabolic activity in the ...
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