Perifornical hypothalamic nucleus

Juliette Garnodier

The perifornical hypothalamic nucleus is a nucleus surrounding the fornix column, projecting to the mammillary nuclei and contributing to sympathetic control.

References

Evans HE, de Lahunta A. Miller’s anatomy of the dog, 4th edition, Elsevier Saunders, St Louis, 2012.

Anatomical hierarchy

Nervous system >
Central nervous system >
Brain >
Prosencephalon [Forebrain] >
Diencephalon >
Hypothalamus >
Sections of hypothalamus >
Caudal hypothalamic region >
Perifornical hypothalamic nucleus

Underlying structures: There are no anatomical children for this anatomical part

Comparative anatomy in humans

Perifornical nucleus

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Nucleus hypothalamicus perifornicalis

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