Hypothalamic vascular organ
Organum vasculosum hypothalami
Definition
The vascular organ of the hypothalamus is a region of the diencephalon located in the ventricular wall of the hypothalamus where the blood-brain barrier is reduced.
References
Barone R, Bortolami R. Anatomie comparée des mammifères domestiques, Tome 6, Neurologie I, Vigot, Paris, 2004.
Evans HE, de Lahunta A. Miller’s anatomy of the dog, 4th edition, Elsevier Saunders, St Louis, 2012.
