Concept information
Preferred term
Circumventricular Organs
Type
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mesh:Descriptor
Definition
- Highly vascularized and specialized tissues distributed principally along the midline of the VENTRICULAR SYSTEM from the FOREBRAIN to the HINDBRAIN. They are distinguished by their lack of normal BLOOD-BRAIN BARRIER and fenestrated capillaries and contain either neurosecretory neurons or chemoreceptors.
Broader concept
Narrower concepts
Allowable Qualifier(s)
- abnormalities (Qualifier)
- anatomy & histology (Qualifier)
- blood supply (Qualifier)
- chemistry (Qualifier)
- cytology (Qualifier)
- diagnostic imaging (Qualifier)
- drug effects (Qualifier)
- embryology (Qualifier)
- enzymology (Qualifier)
- growth & development (Qualifier)
- immunology (Qualifier)
- injuries (Qualifier)
- metabolism (Qualifier)
- microbiology (Qualifier)
- parasitology (Qualifier)
- pathology (Qualifier)
- physiology (Qualifier)
- physiopathology (Qualifier)
- radiation effects (Qualifier)
- surgery (Qualifier)
- transplantation (Qualifier)
- ultrastructure (Qualifier)
- virology (Qualifier)
In other languages
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French
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OCV (Organe CircumVentriculaire)
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Organe circumventriculaire
URI
http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/JVR-LF340P35-J
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